User.create({
      username: 'admin',
      email: '[email protected]',
      password: 'password',
      active: true
    }, function (err, user) {
      Role.create({
        name: 'Admin'
      }, function (err, role) {
        if (err) throw err;

        console.log('Created role:', role);

        //make user an admin
        role.principals.create({
          principalType: RoleMapping.USER,
          //principalType: RoleMapping.ROLE,
          principalId: user.id,
          active: true
        }, function (err, principal) {
          if (err) throw err;

          console.log('Principal:', principal);
        });
      });
    });

"name": "Customer",
  "base": "PersistedModel",
  "strict": false,
  "idInjection": false,
  "options": {
    "validateUpsert": true
  },
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "required": true
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "active": {
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "validations": [],
  "relations": {
    "products": {
             .........
    },
    "users": {
             .........
    }
  },
  "acls": [
    {
      "accessType": "*",
      "principalType": "ROLE",
      "principalId": "$everyone",
      "permission": "DENY"
    },
    {
      WORKS AS EXPECTED
      "accessType": "*",
      "principalType": "ROLE",
      "principalId": "$authenticated",
      "permission": "ALLOW"
    },
    {
      RETURNS 401 AFTER LOGGING IN AS USER ASSIGNED TO ROLE
      "accessType": "*",
      "principalType": "ROLE",
      "principalId": "Admin",
      "permission": "ALLOW"
    }
  ],
  "methods": []

"_id" : ObjectId("55b7c34d6033a33758038c3b"),
"username" : "admin",
"password" : ....,
"email" : "[email protected]",
"active" : true

"_id" : ObjectId("55b7c34d6033a33758038c3e"),
"name" : "Admin",
"created" : ISODate("2015-07-28T18:00:45.336Z"),
"modified" : ISODate("2015-07-28T18:00:45.336Z")

"_id" : ObjectId("55b7c34d6033a33758038c41"),
"principalType" : "USER",
"principalId" : "55b7c34d6033a33758038c3b",
"roleId" : ObjectId("55b7c34d6033a33758038c3e"),
"active" : true