install grails grails create-app install grails templates " grails install-templates " download waffle from http://dblock.github.io/waffle/ copy waffle jar files to \lib (guava, jna, platform, slf4j-api, waffle-nja) edit \src\templates\war\web.xml Now following controller code should work, showing a remote user as "domain\user": class HelloController { def index() { render "user is " + request.remoteUser + " - " + request.authType } } tested on windows 7, 64bit, oracle jdk 1.7, grails 2.3.7 and waffle 1.5