Article - CS265577

PrincipalValidator WinDU fails with error "java.lang.NullPointerException" in Windchill 11.0

Modified: 06-May-2022   


Applies To

  • Pro/INTRALINK 8.x + 11.0 F000
  • Windchill PDMLink 11.0 to 11.1

Description

  • PrincipalValidator WinDU fails with error  java.lang.NullPointerException
  • Error in the PrincipalValidator log:
    Principal not in cache: 'PROJECT CREATOR' [wt.org.WTGroup:4478] - searching again for single record.
    Thu 5/25/17 09:47:36: looking for principal: cn=project creator,cn=creators,o=<Org name >,ou=people,cn=administrativeldap,cn=windchill_11.0,o=<base dn> in <Default adapter name>
    Thu 5/25/17 09:47:36: Error in method server code:
    Thu 5/25/17 09:47:36: java.lang.Exception: Exception of type 'java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException' was generated on the server with message 'null'
         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
    Thu 5/25/17 09:47:36: Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
    Thu 5/25/17 09:47:36:     at com.ptc.windchill.org.PrincipalValidator.isPrincipalInLDAP(PrincipalValidator.java:476)
    Thu 5/25/17 09:47:36:     at com.ptc.windchill.org.PrincipalValidator.checkPrincipalJndiAdaptersLinkages(PrincipalValidator.java:437)
    Thu 5/25/17 09:47:36:     at com.ptc.windchill.org.PrincipalValidator.runDiagnostics(PrincipalValidator.java:144)

     
 
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