jconsole instructions for accessing a secured AS:
1. Start AS with jmc connector security enabled.
2. Start jconsole (with adding any options).
3. In the jconsole gui, choose remote option button and enter remote url "service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://localhost:1090/jmxrmi"
4. enter the userid and password and press connect.
Also verify that a bad userid/pw fails the challenge.