Enabling Component Level Security

Hi,
I wonder if this is a problem to me or everyone.
Im trying to implement Security for a EO, I select it in the structure and ssign 'Read,Update, Delete checkboxess to the respective roles. Once I do it and open it again, the checkboxes are getting clered.
If I choose Test-all role, the checkbox value is renedered fine.
Can anyone tell me why is this happening.
Thanks
Edited by: user617801 on Mar 3, 2009 1:10 PM

The reason why my checkboxes are cleared is the way I have enabled the security.
Proper way of enabling security will not cause any problem. I have created a new application and followed these steps and worked perfectly.
1) Configure ADF Security using the Wizard
2) Open properties of web.xml file and add constraint for as 'allPages' with URL Pattern '/'
3)Create Users, Application Roles and assign the "View" permissions to the respective Taskflows, Pages.
I also created JAAS permissions and applied them to the rendered property to the buttons.
Ex: rendered="#{securityContext.userGrantedPermission['permissionClass=sni.nmrm.view.permission.ComponentPermission;target=MenuDMLPermission1;action=access']}"
If we follow the above steps, everything goes smoothly.
I am able to implement Security in ADF11g in our project. I thank everyone from Oracle Team.
Thanks.

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