Authentication Failed When Accessing Discussions (Doc ID 1063013.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 03, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle WebCenter Portal - Version 11.1.1.2.0 to 11.1.1.9.181008 [Release 11g]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

After configuring WS-Security for a Simple Topology, the following error is displayed after navigating to
WebCenter Admin --> Services --> Configure WebCenter Services and select Discussions:

failure to authenticate the user weblogic, due to: Unable to connect to discussion server.

WLS_Services-diagnostic.log shows the following error:

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[2010-01-29T15:16:04.261-06:00] [WLS_Services] [ERROR] [] [org.codehaus.xfire.handler.DefaultFaultHandler] [tid: [ACTIVE].ExecuteThread: '1' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'] [ecid:<ECID>] [APP: owc_discussions#11.1.1.2.0] Fault occurred![[
com.jivesoftware.base.UnauthorizedException: Authentication Failed
at com.jivesoftware.forum.webservices.server.xfire.PermissionHandler.acquireAuthToken(PermissionHandler.java:194)
at com.jivesoftware.forum.webservices.server.xfire.PermissionHandler.invoke(PermissionHandler.java:98)
at org.codehaus.xfire.handler.HandlerPipeline.invoke(HandlerPipeline.java:131)
at org.codehaus.xfire.transport.DefaultEndpoint.onReceive(DefaultEndpoint.java:64)
at org.codehaus.xfire.transport.AbstractChannel.receive(AbstractChannel.java:38)
at org.codehaus.xfire.transport.http.XFireServletController.invoke(XFireServletController.java:287)
at org.codehaus.xfire.transport.http.XFireServletController.doService(XFireServletController.java:130)
at org.codehaus.xfire.transport.http.XFireServlet.doPost(XFireServlet.java:116)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletServiceAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:227)

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wls_services.out shows:

<Error> <org.codehaus.xfire.handler.DefaultFaultHandler> <BEA-000000> <Fault occurred!
com.jivesoftware.base.UnauthorizedException: Authentication Failed
at com.jivesoftware.forum.webservices.server.xfire.PermissionHandler.acquireAuthToken(PermissionHandler.java:194)
at com.jivesoftware.forum.webservices.server.xfire.PermissionHandler.invoke(PermissionHandler.java:98)
at org.codehaus.xfire.handler.HandlerPipeline.invoke(HandlerPipeline.java:131)
at org.codehaus.xfire.transport.DefaultEndpoint.onReceive(DefaultEndpoint.java:64)
...
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Changes

WS-Security was configured per the following documentation:
Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle WebCenter 11g Release 1 (11.1.1)
Section - 23.8.1 Configuring WS-Security for a Simple Topology

Cause

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Authentication Failed When Accessing Discussions (Doc ID 1063013.1)

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