Article - CS63015
Unable to run some commands from Windchill Shell with error "The operation: 'getPrincipal' failed" in Windchill
Modified: 21-Apr-2025
Applies To
- Windchill PDMLink 10.0 to 12.0
- Operation System is Unix or Linux, non-Windows
Description
- Failed to run some Windchill commands from Windchill Shell with error:
The operation: "getPrincipal" failed. Nested exception is: wt.util.WTRemoteException: Unable to invoke remote method Nested exception is: wt.util.WTRemoteException: Unable to locate method server Nested exception is: wt.util.WTRemoteException: Unable to locate method server Nested exception is: wt.util.WTRemoteException: Unable to get server Nested exception is: wt.util.WTRemoteException: Unable to locate server manager
- How to provide username/password for some Windchill Commands that not support option -u and -p
- Username and password need to be passed in Authorization Request dialog when executing some commands in Windchill Shell. E.g.
- windchill wt.index.BulkIndexTool
- windchill wt.queue.QueueManager
- windchill wt.fv.tools.WContentVerify
- windchill wt.fv.tools.RemoveUnreferencedFiles
- windchill wt.lifecycle.utility.reassign.LCReassignUtility
- windchill wt.businessRules.DeleteBusinessRuleObjects
- windchill wt.load.LoadFromFile
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