Did you updated the database as given in the text??? If so give the security role as <security-role> | <role-name>participant</role-name> | </security-role> | you have give the securityrole that is assigned to the talent scout ie participant. and in the authconstraint | <auth-constraint> | <role-name>user</role-name> | <role-name>admin</role-name> | <role-name>participant</role-name> | </auth-constraint> | i think this should work... View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4181991#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...