Hey Tom -- first of all, wahoowa!  Second, if you could post an example log
snippet from an authentication attempt, it might be a little easier to
suggest where to look for potential solutions... the "Principal is null"
message could have several different causes.

- Bill


On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Healey, Thomas <[email protected]
> wrote:

> All,
> As you may know since Windows 7 came out it has been broken regarding
> SPNEGO and CAS environments running on Windows Server 2003. What used to
> happen was when a authenticated domain user went to an CAS protected site
> the user would be seamlessly authenticated  and forwarded onto the app to be
> authorized and, if authorized, sent to the site. Now I get  "Principal is
> null" message in the CAS logs and the user is forwarded to the CAS login
> page. I searched the web for other instances of this problem but those
> people who are having problems with Windows 7 and CAS/SPNEGO were having a
> problem with the version of Java they were using and they were getting the
> following in their logs:
> "GSSException: Channel binding mismatch (Mechanism level: ChannelBinding
> not provided!)" from https://wiki.jasig.org/display/CASUM/SPNEGO
> This is not our problem as we have upgraded the Java version many moons
> ago. It also suggests a MS webpage
> http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B968389&x=10&y=18
> for further guidance but that didn't help when I tried it.
> I have also tried to use Windows Server 2008 but no luck.
> Any thoughts or other areas I can look for answers?
>
> Tom
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