Petia, the SQL 42601 error comes up because the SQL statements are missing the trailing semicolons (;). | $ sed 's/$/;/g' jbpm.jpdl.postgresql.sql > jbpm.jpdl.postgresql.delimiter.sql | $ psql -d <database> -U <dbuser> -W -f jbpm.jpdl.postgresql.delimiter.sql | Also, you'd need not only JBPM_ID_USER entries as outlined in the SQL snippet of Chapter 8.5.1 of the docs, but also entries in the JBPM_ID_GROUP and JBPM_ID_MEMBERSHIP table: INSERT INTO JBPM_ID_GROUP VALUES(1,'G','sales','organisation',NULL); | INSERT INTO JBPM_ID_GROUP VALUES(2,'G','admin','security-role',NULL); | INSERT INTO JBPM_ID_GROUP VALUES(3,'G','hr','organisation',NULL); | INSERT INTO JBPM_ID_GROUP VALUES(4,'G','user','security-role',NULL); | INSERT INTO JBPM_ID_GROUP VALUES(5,'G','manager','security-role',NULL); | INSERT INTO JBPM_ID_USER VALUES(1,&#39;U&#39;,&#39;user&#39;,&#39;user(a)sample.domain&#39;,&#39;user&#39;); | INSERT INTO JBPM_ID_USER VALUES(2,&#39;U&#39;,&#39;manager&#39;,&#39;manager(a)sample.domain&#39;,&#39;manager&#39;); | INSERT INTO JBPM_ID_USER VALUES(3,&#39;U&#39;,&#39;admin&#39;,&#39;admin(a)sample.domain&#39;,&#39;admin&#39;); | INSERT INTO JBPM_ID_USER VALUES(4,&#39;U&#39;,&#39;shipper&#39;,&#39;shipper(a)sample.domain&#39;,&#39;shipper&#39;); | INSERT INTO JBPM_ID_MEMBERSHIP VALUES(1,'M',NULL,NULL,2,4); | INSERT INTO JBPM_ID_MEMBERSHIP VALUES(2,'M',NULL,NULL,3,4); | INSERT INTO JBPM_ID_MEMBERSHIP VALUES(3,'M',NULL,NULL,1,4); | INSERT INTO JBPM_ID_MEMBERSHIP VALUES(4,'M',NULL,NULL,4,4); | INSERT INTO JBPM_ID_MEMBERSHIP VALUES(5,'M',NULL,NULL,4,3); | INSERT INTO JBPM_ID_MEMBERSHIP VALUES(6,'M',NULL,NULL,2,3); | INSERT INTO JBPM_ID_MEMBERSHIP VALUES(7,'M',NULL,NULL,3,3); | INSERT INTO JBPM_ID_MEMBERSHIP VALUES(8,'M',NULL,NULL,3,2); | INSERT INTO JBPM_ID_MEMBERSHIP VALUES(9,'M',NULL,NULL,2,2); | INSERT INTO JBPM_ID_MEMBERSHIP VALUES(10,'M',NULL,NULL,2,5); | INSERT INTO JBPM_ID_MEMBERSHIP VALUES(11,'M',NULL,'boss',2,1); | INSERT INTO JBPM_ID_MEMBERSHIP VALUES(12,'M',NULL,NULL,1,1); | Finally, if you add a new user using the jbpm-console, you will also need to associate the new user entry with a group, eg. by default at least the 'user' group to be able to login. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4171057#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...