I just tried this with the jmx-console config and was able to login successfully. On a side note, jaas-config-name and authenticate-method are mutually exclusive, if you specify an alternate jaas config then you don't need to write your own authenticator. I suggest that you set a breakpoint in Identity.getLoginContext() to see why the correct LoginContext isn't being returned. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4125960#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...