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SOAP & BI Publisher User Account Getting Locked Randomly (Doc ID 2834774.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 02, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Fusion Payables Cloud Service - Version 11.13.21.10.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

 Intermittently, user cannot run SOAP services:

Failed to log into BI Publisher: invalid username or password.

At the same time as having the issue with running the SOAP server, when the same user tries to access the BI Catalog through the Fusion UI, the User is getting:

Error 500: Internal Server Error.

The problem is intermittent: The problem occurs for a short time and suddenly it works again.

Here are some of the errors found in the logs:

See many *Item Locked* errors in sawserver logs.

sawlog.log:[2021-09-03T13:01:54.000-00:00] [OBIPS] [ERROR:16] []
[saw.catalog.local.writeObject] [ecid: 0000...,0:140:2:42] [tid: 2192348928] Item Locked: /users/<soap_user_name>/_prefs/volatileuserdata[

Error Summary: oracle.xdo.webservice.exception.AccessDeniedException: java.lang.SecurityException: Failed to log into BI Publisher: invalid username or password.

<Notice> <Security> <BEA-090078> <User <soap_user_name> in security realm myrealm has had 5 invalid login attempts,
locking account for 30 minutes. Client address: null.>
Entity = /pod_59z8_gsi_eu-frankfurt-1_FADomain/FADomain/bi_server1 | Entity Type = WebLogic Server | Log Source = FA Custom Apps Server OutLogs

[OBIPS] [ERROR:16] []
[saw.catalog.local.writeObject] [ecid:0000...,1:20378388:342:2:113:1] [tid: 2192348928]
Item Lock Needs Attention: /users/<soap_user_name>/_prefs/cacheduserinfo[[

[2021-09-06T15:45:26.000-00:00] [OBIPS] [ERROR:10] []
[saw.securitysubsystem.checkauthentication.runimpl] [ecid:0000...,1:20378388:342:2:113:1] [tid: 2192348928]
Error creating unique link file
/u04/bi/catalog/OracleBIApps/root/users/<soap_user_name>/_internals/cacheduser
info.ee...44 for lock file
/u04/bi/catalog/OracleBIApps/root/users/<soap_user_name>/_internals/cacheduser
info.lck[[
File:filelock.cpp

 
User was unlocked multiple times using Forget Account and each time issue reappeared after a short time.

Changes

 Running SOAP WebService

Cause

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