topic LDAP Auth Stacktrace when logging in in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/ldap-auth-stacktrace-when-logging-in/m-p/190462#M143592 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello. I've just installed Alfresco, and I'm trying to use Active Directory for auth via LDAP.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>It seems to take my user / pass now, however I get a stacktrace instead of the usual dashboard.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any idea what might be causing this?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />HTTP Status 500 -<BR /><BR />type Exception report<BR /><BR />message<BR /><BR />description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.<BR /><BR />exception<BR /><BR />javax.servlet.ServletException: org.alfresco.web.site.exception.RequestContextException: Exception running UserFactory in HttpRequestContextFactory<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.site.servlet.DispatcherServlet.service(DispatcherServlet.java:130)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)<BR /><BR />root cause<BR /><BR />org.alfresco.web.site.exception.RequestContextException: Exception running UserFactory in HttpRequestContextFactory<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.site.DefaultRequestContextFactory.newInstance(DefaultRequestContextFactory.java:117)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.site.FrameworkHelper.initRequestContext(FrameworkHelper.java:188)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.site.servlet.DispatcherServlet.service(DispatcherServlet.java:126)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)<BR /><BR />root cause<BR /><BR />org.alfresco.web.site.exception.UserFactoryException: Unable to retrieve user from repository<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.site.AlfrescoUserFactory.loadUser(AlfrescoUserFactory.java:250)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.site.UserFactory.faultUser(UserFactory.java:169)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.site.UserFactory.faultUser(UserFactory.java:110)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.site.DefaultRequestContextFactory.newInstance(DefaultRequestContextFactory.java:93)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.site.FrameworkHelper.initRequestContext(FrameworkHelper.java:188)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.site.servlet.DispatcherServlet.service(DispatcherServlet.java:126)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)<BR /><BR />root cause<BR /><BR />org.alfresco.web.site.exception.UserFactoryException: Unable to create user - failed to retrieve user metadata: <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.site.AlfrescoUserFactory.loadUser(AlfrescoUserFactory.java:159)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.site.UserFactory.faultUser(UserFactory.java:169)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.site.UserFactory.faultUser(UserFactory.java:110)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.site.DefaultRequestContextFactory.newInstance(DefaultRequestContextFactory.java:93)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.site.FrameworkHelper.initRequestContext(FrameworkHelper.java:188)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.site.servlet.DispatcherServlet.service(DispatcherServlet.java:126)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)<BR /><BR />note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/6.0.18 logs.<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>Here's the ldap-authentication.properties</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />ldap.authentication.userNameFormat=%s@ad<BR /><BR /># The LDAP context factory to use<BR />ldap.authentication.java.naming.factory.initial=com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory<BR /><BR /># The URL to connect to the LDAP server<BR />ldap.authentication.java.naming.provider.url=ldap://adserveraddress:389<BR /><BR /># The authentication mechanism to use<BR />#ldap.authentication.java.naming.security.authentication=DIGEST-MD5<BR />ldap.authentication.java.naming.security.authentication=simple<BR /><BR /># The default principal to use (only used for LDAP sync)<BR />ldap.authentication.java.naming.security.principal=apache@ad<BR /><BR /># The password for the default principal (only used for LDAP sync)<BR />ldap.authentication.java.naming.security.credentials=****<BR /><BR /># Escape commas entered by the user at bind time<BR /># Useful when using simple authentication and the CN is part of the DN and contains commas<BR />ldap.authentication.escapeCommasInBind=false<BR /><BR /># Escape commas entered by the user when setting the authenticated user<BR /># Useful when using simple authentication and the CN is part of the DN and contains commas, and the escaped \, is<BR /># pulled in as part of an LDAP sync<BR /># If this option is set to true it will break the default home folder provider as space names can not contain \<BR />ldap.authentication.escapeCommasInUid=false<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:28:15 GMT janderson 2009-03-24T21:28:15Z LDAP Auth Stacktrace when logging in https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/ldap-auth-stacktrace-when-logging-in/m-p/190462#M143592 Hello. I've just installed Alfresco, and I'm trying to use Active Directory for auth via LDAP.It seems to take my user / pass now, however I get a stacktrace instead of the usual dashboard.Any idea what might be causing this?HTTP Status 500 -type Exception reportmessagedescription The server encount Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:28:15 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/ldap-auth-stacktrace-when-logging-in/m-p/190462#M143592 janderson 2009-03-24T21:28:15Z Re: LDAP Auth Stacktrace when logging in https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/ldap-auth-stacktrace-when-logging-in/m-p/190463#M143593 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I've noticed if I log into /alfresco first, I don't get the stack trace</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:48:57 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/ldap-auth-stacktrace-when-logging-in/m-p/190463#M143593 janderson 2009-03-24T21:48:57Z Re: LDAP Auth Stacktrace when logging in https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/ldap-auth-stacktrace-when-logging-in/m-p/190464#M143594 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Had you found the solution for this? What did you mean by log into /alfresco first ? I got same problem like this either</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 26 May 2009 06:08:21 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/ldap-auth-stacktrace-when-logging-in/m-p/190464#M143594 dody 2009-05-26T06:08:21Z