NPE when the "edit" link is selected on the Security Realms console page
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Key: GERONIMO-2197
URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-2197
Project: Geronimo
Issue Type: Bug
Security Level: public (Regular issues)
Components: console
Affects Versions: 1.1
Reporter: John Sisson
Assigned To: John Sisson
Fix For: 1.1.1
h1. Problem
Cannot edit a security realm by clicking on the "edit" link on the Security Realms Server
Console page.
h1. Symptom
The "edit" link appears to be non-responsive but an exception (shown below) is thrown and
should be visible on stdout or the geronimo log.
{code}
12:19:00,863 ERROR [Servlet] Exception caught:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.net.URI$Parser.parse(URI.java:2946)
at java.net.URI.<init>(URI.java:574)
at java.net.URI.create(URI.java:836)
at org.apache.geronimo.console.securitymanager.realm.SecurityRealmPortlet.actionLoadExistingRealm(SecurityRealmPortlet.java:
435)
at org.apache.geronimo.console.securitymanager.realm.SecurityRealmPortlet.processAction(SecurityRealmPortlet.java:207)
at org.apache.pluto.core.PortletServlet.dispatch(PortletServlet.java:229)
at org.apache.pluto.core.PortletServlet.doGet(PortletServlet.java:158)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:595)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:688)
at org.apache.pluto.core.PortletServlet.service(PortletServlet.java:153)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:672)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doInclude(ApplicationDispatcher.java:574)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.include(ApplicationDispatcher.java:499)
at org.apache.pluto.invoker.impl.PortletInvokerImpl.invoke(PortletInvokerImpl.java:120)
at org.apache.pluto.invoker.impl.PortletInvokerImpl.action(PortletInvokerImpl.java:68)
at org.apache.pluto.PortletContainerImpl.processPortletAction(PortletContainerImpl.java:164)
at org.apache.pluto.portalImpl.core.PortletContainerWrapperImpl.processPortletAction(PortletContainerWrapperImpl.java:82)
at org.apache.pluto.portalImpl.Servlet.doGet(Servlet.java:227)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:595)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:688)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
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.geronimo.tomcat.valve.DefaultSubjectValve.invoke(DefaultSubjectValve.java:52)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:524)
at org.apache.geronimo.tomcat.GeronimoStandardContext$SystemMethodValve.invoke(GeronimoStandardContext.java:342)
at org.apache.geronimo.tomcat.valve.GeronimoBeforeAfterValve.invoke(GeronimoBeforeAfterValve.java:31)
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.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:541)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:869)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:667)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)
{code}
h1. Cause
The SecurityRealmPortlet.load(..) method was passing the value "objectName" instead of "abstractName"
on the request.getParameter(string) call.
h1. Solution
Corrected the parameter name to be "abstractName".
h1. Workaround
Add a new security realm with a different name and then delete the old realm by stopping it
and undeploying it using the command line deploy tool.
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