401 - unauthorised in ADF Security.

Question

Hi.
Am trying to develop a login page using ADF security in jdeveloper 11.1.1.6.0.
I have followed this link
ADF security on my jspx  page as login page
This is my code which i have used in my login bean.
public String doLogin() {
String un = _username;
byte[] pw = _password.getBytes();
FacesContext ctx = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
HttpServletRequest request =
(HttpServletRequest)ctx.getExternalContext().getRequest();
CallbackHandler handler = new SimpleCallbackHandler(un, pw);
try {
Subject mySubject = Authentication.login(handler);
ServletAuthentication.runAs(mySubject, request);
ServletAuthentication.generateNewSessionID(request);
/*   String loginUrl = "/adfAuthentication?success_url=/faces" +
ctx.getViewRoot().getViewId();*/
String loginUrl = "/adfAuthentication?success_url=/faces/Runtime.jspx";
System.out.println ("Loginto to be printed"+loginUrl);
HttpServletResponse response =
(HttpServletResponse)ctx.getExternalContext().getResponse();
sendForward(request, response, loginUrl);
} catch (FailedLoginException fle) {
FacesMessage msg = new FacesMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR,
"Incorrect Username or Password",
"An incorrect Username or Password" +
" was specified");
ctx.addMessage(null, msg);
} catch (LoginException le) {
reportUnexpectedLoginError("LoginException", le);
return null;
private void sendForward(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response,
String forwardUrl){
FacesContext ctx = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
RequestDispatcher dispatcher = request.getRequestDispatcher(forwardUrl);
System.out.println ("dispatcher inside send forward :"+dispatcher);
try {
dispatcher.forward(request, response);
} catch (ServletException se) {
reportUnexpectedLoginError("ServletException", se);
} catch (IOException ie) {
reportUnexpectedLoginError("IOException", ie);
ctx.responseComplete();
private void reportUnexpectedLoginError(String errType, Exception e){
FacesMessage msg =
new FacesMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR, "Unexpected error                                                          
during login",
"Unexpected error during login (" + errType +
"), please consult logs for detail");
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, msg);
e.printStackTrace();
When i entered my username and password it shows an error as 401 - Unauthorized.
Dont know where i went wrong? pls help me.!
Regards,
Prasad K T.

Answer 1

Prasad, the link is a bit older. You may want to check this article from Frank: Oracle ADF: Security for Everyone
which comes with a working sample.
Timo