[QPID-1347] Broker doesn't clearly report missing configuration files such as password file.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: M3
• Fix Version/s: 0.13
• Component/s: Broker-J
• Labels: starter
• Assignee: Robbie Gemmell
• Reporter: Martin Ritchie
• Created: 10/Oct/08 12:15
• Updated: 11/Feb/15 20:06
• Resolved: 15/Jul/11 09:01

Description

If the password file is missing on startup the the following exception is shown:

Error configuring message broker: org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
2008-09-26 15:14:56,529 ERROR [main] server.Main (Main.java:206) - Error configuring message broker: org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.database.ConfigurationFilePrincipalDatabaseManager.initialisePrincipalDatabase(ConfigurationFilePrincipalDatabaseManager.java:158)
at org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.database.ConfigurationFilePrincipalDatabaseManager.initialisePrincipalDatabases(ConfigurationFilePrincipalDatabaseManager.java:87)
at org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.database.ConfigurationFilePrincipalDatabaseManager.<init>(ConfigurationFilePrincipalDatabaseManager.java:56)
at org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ConfigurationFileApplicationRegistry.initialise(ConfigurationFileApplicationRegistry.java:117)
at org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry.initialise(ApplicationRegistry.java:79)
at org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry.initialise(ApplicationRegistry.java:67)
at org.apache.qpid.server.Main.startup(Main.java:260)
at org.apache.qpid.server.Main.execute(Main.java:196)
at org.apache.qpid.server.Main.<init>(Main.java:96)
at org.apache.qpid.server.Main.main(Main.java:454)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:90)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.database.ConfigurationFilePrincipalDatabaseManager.initialisePrincipalDatabase(ConfigurationFilePrincipalDatabaseManager.java:148)
... 14 more
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: Cannot find password file /home/ritchiem/support/Stars/707/work/cfg/qpid.passwd
at org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.database.Base64MD5PasswordFilePrincipalDatabase.setPasswordFile(Base64MD5PasswordFilePrincipalDatabase.java:109)
... 19 morere

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Issue Links

• is part of: QPID-3283 Make AuthenticationManager pluggable