Authenticate method not being called in Websphere

[joepwro.joepwro.gmail.com]

I am running Seam 2.1.1 GA and Websphere 6.1.  I have followed the instructions in Chapter 38. Seam on IBM's Websphere.  I have triple checked that I have done everything. I originally developed this under JBoss AS 4.2.3 GA and it works perfectly!

My login screen comes up, but my authenticate method is never called. I have a Help page that doesn't require authentication and that works fine.

Here is the relevant pieces of my component.xml file:

<core:init jndi-pattern="java:comp/env/jlmo/#{ejbName}" debug="true"/>

   <security:identity authenticate-method="#{authenticator.authenticate}" remember-me="true"/>
<security:identity-manager identity-store="#{jpaIdentityStore}"
          role-identity-store="#{jpaIdentityStore}" />
     <security:jpa-identity-store
          user-class="com.exeloncorp.nuclear.jlmo.User"
          role-class="com.exeloncorp.nuclear.jlmo.Role" />
     <security:jpa-permission-store
          user-permission-class="com.exeloncorp.nuclear.jlmo.AccountPermission" />

If you are running under webshpere 6.1 and have authentication working, I would love to hear from you. 

Thanks,
Joe Wroblewski