topic Authentication/User Creation Issues in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/authentication-user-creation-issues/m-p/253802#M206932 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm trying to configure Alfresco 3.3 with a combination of Basic Authentication and LDAP.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I intend to create user accounts within Alfresco and then authenticate against LDAP.&nbsp; The username will always exist in the LDAP directory.&nbsp; I am not performing a sync against an ldap server, all user creation should be handled within alfresco.&nbsp; I have LDAP authentication working, but I get the following error and exception when I attempt to create a user:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>Failed to create Person due to error: 03140010 Unable to create authentication as there is no suitable authentication service.<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationException: 03140010 Unable to create authentication as there is no suitable authentication service.<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AbstractChainingAuthenticationService.createAuthentication(AbstractChainingAuthenticationService.java:68)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.web.bean.users.CreateUserWizard.finishImpl(CreateUserWizard.java:844)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.web.bean.dialog.BaseDialogBean$1.execute(BaseDialogBean.java:118)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.web.bean.dialog.BaseDialogBean$1.execute(BaseDialogBean.java:115)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper.doInTransaction(RetryingTransactionHelper.java:321)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.web.bean.dialog.BaseDialogBean.finish(BaseDialogBean.java:124)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.web.bean.wizard.WizardManager.finish(WizardManager.java:593)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.myfaces.el.MethodBindingImpl.invoke(MethodBindingImpl.java:132)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.myfaces.application.ActionListenerImpl.processAction(ActionListenerImpl.java:61)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at javax.faces.component.UICommand.broadcast(UICommand.java:109)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot._broadcastForPhase(UIViewRoot.java:97)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.processApplication(UIViewRoot.java:171)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.InvokeApplicationExecutor.execute(InvokeApplicationExecutor.java:32)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.executePhase(LifecycleImpl.java:95)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:70)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:139)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.web.app.servlet.AuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AuthenticationFilter.java:104)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor464.invoke(Unknown Source)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChainingSubsystemProxyFactory$1.invoke(ChainingSubsystemProxyFactory.java:116)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:172)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:202)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at $Proxy197.doFilter(Unknown Source)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.web.filter.beans.BeanProxyFilter.doFilter(BeanProxyFilter.java:82)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.web.filter.beans.NullFilter.doFilter(NullFilter.java:68)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor464.invoke(Unknown Source)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChainingSubsystemProxyFactory$1.invoke(ChainingSubsystemProxyFactory.java:116)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:172)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:202)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at $Proxy197.doFilter(Unknown Source)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.web.filter.beans.BeanProxyFilter.doFilter(BeanProxyFilter.java:82)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:852)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:588)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at 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/><SPAN>If I disable LDAP I am able to create users in Alfresco without issue.&nbsp; If I re-enable LDAP, I am able to authenticate the users I created while the subsystem was disabled.&nbsp; They just don't seem to play nice when they are both enabled.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Config excerpt:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />authentication.chain=alfrescoNtml1:alfrescoNtml, ldap1:ldap<BR /><BR />alfresco.authentication.allowGuestLogin=false<BR />alfresco.authentication.authenticateCIFS=true<BR />ntlm.authentication.sso.enabled=false<BR />ntlm.authentication.mapUnknownUserToGuest=false<BR /><BR />ldap.authentication.active=true<BR />ldap.synchronization.active=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></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>Please let me know If I need to provide any other information.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in advance,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>-Chris</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:27:40 GMT hurshai 2011-04-14T16:27:40Z Authentication/User Creation Issues https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/authentication-user-creation-issues/m-p/253802#M206932 I'm trying to configure Alfresco 3.3 with a combination of Basic Authentication and LDAP.I intend to create user accounts within Alfresco and then authenticate against LDAP.&nbsp; The username will always exist in the LDAP directory.&nbsp; I am not performing a sync against an ldap server, all user creation s Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:27:40 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/authentication-user-creation-issues/m-p/253802#M206932 hurshai 2011-04-14T16:27:40Z Re: Authentication/User Creation Issues https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/authentication-user-creation-issues/m-p/253803#M206933 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>A year later <img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.png" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" />… I'm having the same issue… have you figured out why we get the error message: Unable to create authentication as there is no suitable authentication service ?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 01 May 2012 18:00:02 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/authentication-user-creation-issues/m-p/253803#M206933 rubberballman 2012-05-01T18:00:02Z