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LDAP Login Fails With 'Error while connecting to LDAP server' and javax.naming.directory.InvalidSearchFilterException (Doc ID 2820185.1)

Last updated on MARCH 10, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Financial Services Profitability Management - Version 8.1.1 and later
Oracle Financial Services Asset Liability Management - Version 8.1.1 and later
Oracle Financial Services Funds Transfer Pricing - Version 8.1.1 and later
Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure - Version 8.1.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications (OFSAA)
Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure (OFSAAI)

Symptoms

On OFSAAI 8.1.1, users cannot login to OFSAA after LDAP integration.  They get the following error:

Error while connecting to LDAP server. Please contact your System Administrator

Additionally, the following error exists in the SMSService.log from $FIC_HOME/logs:

[29-10-21 11:40:16,997 GMT AM] [ERROR] [APP] [SMS] [NA] [LDAPLOGINSERVICE] Exception
javax.naming.directory.InvalidSearchFilterException: invalid attribute description; remaining name ''
      at com.sun.jndi.ldap.Filter.encodeSimpleFilter(Unknown Source)
      at com.sun.jndi.ldap.Filter.encodeFilter(Unknown Source)
      at com.sun.jndi.ldap.Filter.encodeFilterList(Unknown Source)
      at com.sun.jndi.ldap.Filter.encodeComplexFilter(Unknown Source)
      at com.sun.jndi.ldap.Filter.encodeFilter(Unknown Source)
      at com.sun.jndi.ldap.Filter.encodeFilterString(Unknown Source)
      at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapClient.search(Unknown Source)
      at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.doSearch(Unknown Source)
      at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.searchAux(Unknown Source)
      at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.c_search(Unknown Source)
      at com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.ComponentDirContext.p_search(Unknown Source)
      at com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.PartialCompositeDirContext.search(Unknown Source)
      at com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.PartialCompositeDirContext.search(Unknown Source)
      at javax.naming.directory.InitialDirContext.search(Unknown Source)
      at com.iflex.fic.ficserver.services.sms.LDAPLoginService.logoutUser(LDAPLoginService.java:948)
      at com.iflex.fic.ficserver.services.sms.CSSMSServices.logoutUser(CSSMSServices.java:1062)
      at com.iflex.fic.ficserver.services.sms.SMSServiceProvider.handleRequest(SMSServiceProvider.java:1483)
      at com.iflex.fic.newservice.ServiceProxy.invokeService(ServiceProxy.java:184)
      at com.iflex.fic.newservice.NewServiceMaster.provideService(NewServiceMaster.java:212)
      at com.iflex.fic.newservice.DynamicServiceManager.provideService(DynamicServiceManager.java:315)
      at com.iflex.fic.ficserver.JavaRequestHandler.handleRequest(JavaRequestHandler.java:546)
      at com.iflex.fic.ficserver.JavaSocketConnection.run(JavaSocketConnection.java:206)

As a result, users cannot access OFSAA with LDAP authentication enabled.

Cause

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