You could use the Seam standard component "isUserInRole" to decide whether to render the elements on the pages. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3967640#3967640 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3967640