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Capture Server Does Not Start and Error 'Authentication denied: Boot identity not valid.' Occurs in the Capture Out Log (Doc ID 2860825.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle WebCenter Enterprise Capture - Version 12.2.1.4.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Capture Server is not starting after changing the weblogic user's password and the following error appears in the Capture Server out log file:

Caused By: weblogic.security.SecurityInitializationException: Authentication denied: Boot identity not valid. The user name or password or both from the boot identity file (boot.properties) is not valid. The boot identity may have been changed since the boot identity file was created. Please edit and update the boot identity file with the proper values of username and password. The first time the updated boot identity file is used to start the server, these new values are encrypted.
at weblogic.security.service.CommonSecurityServiceManagerDelegateImpl.doBootAuthorization(CommonSecurityServiceManagerDelegateImpl.java:1152)
at weblogic.security.service.CommonSecurityServiceManagerDelegateImpl.postInitialize(CommonSecurityServiceManagerDelegateImpl.java:1272)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.postInitialize(SecurityServiceManager.java:586)
at weblogic.security.SecurityService.start(SecurityService.java:130)
at weblogic.server.AbstractServerService.postConstruct(AbstractServerService.java:76)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Caused By: javax.security.auth.login.FailedLoginException: [Security:090938]Authentication failure: The specified user failed to log in. javax.security.auth.login.FailedLoginException: [Security:090302]Authentication Failed: User specified user denied
at com.bea.common.security.utils.ExceptionHandler.throwFailedLoginException(ExceptionHandler.java:62)
at weblogic.security.providers.authentication.LDAPAtnLoginModuleImpl.login(LDAPAtnLoginModuleImpl.java:380)
at com.bea.common.security.internal.service.LoginModuleWrapper$1.run(LoginModuleWrapper.java:117)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.bea.common.security.internal.service.LoginModuleWrapper.login(LoginModuleWrapper.java:114)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace

 

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