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14.3. Standalone Realm Properties File

Overview
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The default JAAS realm used by a standalone container is implemented by the PropertiesLoginModule JAAS module. This login module stores its user data in a Java properties file in the following location: 
InstallDir/etc/users.properties
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Format of users.properties entries
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Each entry in the etc/users.properties file has the following format (on its own line): 
Username=Password[,UserGroup|Role][,UserGroup|Role]...
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Changing the default username and password
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The etc/users.properties file initially contains a commented out entry for a single user, admin, with password admin and role admin. It is strongly recommended that you create a new user entry that is different from the admin user example.
For example, you could create a new user in the following format: 
Username=Password,Administrator
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Where the Administrator role grants full administration privileges to this user.
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