You will have to add a security-domain element in the jboss-web.xml. Have you done that? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3987819#3987819 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3987819