You can also delegate that to a session bean: | SessionContext ctx = ... | ... | ctx.isCallerInRole("myRole"); View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4075087#4075087 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4075087