bulk upload accounts and multiple alfresco instances

[ltendi]

Hi,
I setup multiple instances of alfresco into a single tomcat container.
I have an authentication mechanism not conforming ldap.

Questions:
1) is it possible to integrate against proprietary authentication mechanism? Are there examples? is there somebody that do this?
2) how can I use the
"Import -user admin -pwd admin storeworkspace:\\SpaceStore -path \sys:system\syseople Alfrescopeople.xml"
to import user into one instance and not in the other? It seems to me that there is no context definition in the above syntax.
3) Is there a similar way to bulk upload groups?
4) can I bulk upload also the password for each user?

Thank you Luciano

[ltendi]

I tryied to perform the import operation using the following command:

Import -user admin -pwd  Integ2002 -verbose -store workspace://SpaceStore -path sys:system\syseople people.xml

because I changed the admin password to Integ2002.

I can access the alfresco box from web client using the
user: admin
password: Integ2002
credential

The output I got from the import is:
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17:17:14,828 INFO  [service.descriptor.DescriptorService] Alfresco started (Comm
unity Network): Current version 1.4.0 (build-105) schema 21 - Installed version
1.4.0 (build-105) schema 21
The following error has occurred:
Bad credentials presented
org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationException: Bad credentia
ls presented
        at org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationComponentImpl
.authenticate(AuthenticationComponentImpl.java:69)
        at org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationServiceImpl.a
uthenticate(AuthenticationServiceImpl.java:104)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflecti
on(AopUtils.java:335)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJo
inpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:181)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(
ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:148)
        at org.springframework.aop.support.DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.inv
oke(DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.java:116)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(
ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:170)
        at net.sf.acegisecurity.intercept.method.aopalliance.MethodSecurityInter
ceptor.invoke(MethodSecurityInterceptor.java:80)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(
ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:170)
        at org.alfresco.repo.security.permissions.impl.ExceptionTranslatorMethod
Interceptor.invoke(ExceptionTranslatorMethodInterceptor.java:41)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(
ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:170)
        at org.alfresco.repo.audit.AuditComponentImpl.auditImpl(AuditComponentIm
pl.java:210)
        at org.alfresco.repo.audit.AuditComponentImpl.audit(AuditComponentImpl.j
ava:156)
        at org.alfresco.repo.audit.AuditMethodInterceptor.invoke(AuditMethodInte
rceptor.java:61)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(
ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:170)
        at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.in
voke(TransactionInterceptor.java:96)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(
ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:170)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynami
cAopProxy.java:176)
        at $Proxy21.authenticate(Unknown Source)
        at org.alfresco.tools.Tool.login(Tool.java:229)
        at org.alfresco.tools.Tool.start(Tool.java:205)
        at org.alfresco.tools.Export.main(Export.java:57)
Caused by: net.sf.acegisecurity.BadCredentialsException: Bad credentials present
ed
        at net.sf.acegisecurity.providers.dao.DaoAuthenticationProvider.getUserF
romBackend(DaoAuthenticationProvider.java:393)
        at net.sf.acegisecurity.providers.dao.DaoAuthenticationProvider.authenti
cate(DaoAuthenticationProvider.java:225)
        at net.sf.acegisecurity.providers.ProviderManager.doAuthentication(Provi
derManager.java:159)
        at net.sf.acegisecurity.AbstractAuthenticationManager.authenticate(Abstr
actAuthenticationManager.java:49)
        at org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationComponentImpl
.authenticate(AuthenticationComponentImpl.java:63)
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I also tryed to run export

Export -user admin -pwd  Integ2002 -verbose -store workspace://SpaceStore -d  c:\\temp\\ repo

Getting the same.
What am I doing wrong?

Moreover I have one more dubt: are the "workspace://SpaceStore -path sys:system\syseople" parameters correct?
If I look to the full export process I did from alfresco web client
the comment of users_acp is:
Alfresco Repository export of store 'user://alfrescoUserStore'

[ltendi]

I was able to go ahead on linux with the wrong credential error.  The windows installation still give me this error.
Anyway, importing the user like described into the wiki
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Export_and_Import_View_Schema

using this schema
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<view:view xmlns:d="http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0" xmlns:cm="http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0" xmlns:view="http://www.alfresco.org/view/repository/1.0">
<cmerson view:childName="cmerson">
    <cm:userName>fredb</cm:userName>
    <cm:firstName>Fred</cm:firstName>
    <cm:lastName>Bloggs</cm:lastName>
    <cm:middleName></cm:middleName>
    <cm:email>fredb@alfresco.org</cm:email>
</cmerson>
<cmerson view:childName="cmerson">
    <cm:userName>sues</cm:userName>
    <cm:firstName>Sue</cm:firstName>
    <cm:lastName>Sanderson</cm:lastName>
    <cm:middleName></cm:middleName>
    <cm:email>sues@alfresco.org</cm:email>
</cmerson>
</view:view>

The import seems to work fine but as soon as I try to perform any operation from web client iterface I got errors.

for example clicking on modify user
I experienced:

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javax.faces.el.EvaluationException: Exception while invoking expression #{NewUserWizard.startWizardForEdit}
caused by:
java.lang.NullPointerException

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javax.faces.el.EvaluationException: Exception while invoking expression #{NewUserWizard.startWizardForEdit}
at org.apache.myfaces.el.MethodBindingImpl.invoke(MethodBindingImpl.java:153)
at javax.faces.component.UICommand.broadcast(UICommand.java:86)
at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot._broadcastForPhase(UIViewRoot.java:90)
at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.processApplication(UIViewRoot.java:164)
at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.invokeApplication(LifecycleImpl.java:316)
at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:86)
at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:105)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.alfresco.web.app.servlet.AdminAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AdminAuthenticationFilter.java:72)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.alfresco.web.app.servlet.AuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AuthenticationFilter.java:73)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:868)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:663)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException

Return to application
Logout
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help is welcome.
Luciano