I was under the impression that this error is thrown when someone just
accesses the link https://localhost:9443/carbon/, without providing
credentials which is not supposed to happen. He should be redirected to
login page automatically without any error.

Thanks,
Thilina

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Kasun Gajasinghe <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Amila Jayasekara <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Kasun Gajasinghe <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Amila Jayasekara <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> The error log is originating from AxisEngine. In which AxisEngine
> >>> prints the AxisFault as an error. I also agree with Kasun that we
> >>> should not show this exception trace to user. Shall we change the log
> >>> level of log message to "debug" rather than "error" ?
> >>
> >> Yes, this is "giving too much information", (a phrase I learned
> >> in Java Colombo!) :), well the information is inaccurate too. Yes, it's
> >> good if this can be converted to debug level. But, is it ok to reveal
> >> this detail even at debug level?
> >
> > Hi Kasun,
> >
> > These are server side logs and we rely on these logs for auditing
> > purpose. We expect these logs will not be compromised and no one will
> > change. Therefore having more information in logs will not create any
> > security hole. But the information is redundant. I fixed issue by
> > adding a AxisFault type. In AxisEngine it has following check,
> >
> > catch (AxisFault e) {
> >            // log the fault only if it is not an application level fault.
> >            if (e.getFaultType() != Constants.APPLICATION_FAULT) {
> >                log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
> >            }
> > ...
> >
> > So setting axis fault type to Constants.APPLICATION_FAULT, solved the
> > issue.
>
> Yes, I understand. This fix looks neat.
>
> Please take a svn up core/org.wso2.carbon.server.admin and
> > check whether issue is resolved.
>
> Thanks, will do.
>
> --KasunG
>
>
> >
> > Thanks
> > AmilaJ.
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>> > When an unauthenticated user tries to access
> https://localhost:9443/carbon/,
> >>> > it gets redirected to https://localhost:9443/carbon/admin/login.jsp.
> >>> >
> >>> > So in your case, does this error occur during this redirection?
> >>
> >> Hi Thilina,
> >>
> >> This redirection happens too. But this stack trace gets printed in the
> >> server log. No affects to the functionality AFAIS.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> --KasunG
> >>
> >>>
> >>> >
> >>> > Thanks,
> >>> > Thilina
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Kasun Gajasinghe <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Hi,
> >>> >> In the current trunk pack, when AppServer is started, and opened
> the link
> >>> >> provided for management console URL (https://localhost:9443/carbon/),
> a
> >>> >> exception gets thrown saying "org.apache.axis2.AxisFault: Access
> Denied.
> >>> >> Authentication failed - Invalid password provided." The full stack
> trace is
> >>> >> at [1]. This error is thrown everytime someone loaded the
> management console
> >>> >> before logging in.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> As far as I noticed, there isn't any exception thrown in the
> released
> >>> >> versions (I checked greg-4.1.1), only the WARNing message. I think
> this
> >>> >> should be fixed because this gives a wrong idea to the user that the
> >>> >> password s/he provided was wrong!
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Thanks,
> >>> >> --KasunG
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> [1]
> >>> >> [2012-03-19 15:38:14,839]  WARN
> >>> >> {org.wso2.carbon.core.services.util.CarbonAuthenticationUtil} -
>  Failed
> >>> >> Administrator login attempt 'admin[0]' at [2012-03-19
> 15:38:14,0839] from IP
> >>> >> address 10.100.3.137
> >>> >> [2012-03-19 15:38:14,841] ERROR
> {org.apache.axis2.engine.AxisEngine} -
> >>> >>  Access Denied. Authentication failed - Invalid password provided.
> >>> >> org.apache.axis2.AxisFault: Access Denied. Authentication failed -
> Invalid
> >>> >> password provided.
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.wso2.carbon.server.admin.module.handler.AuthenticationHandler.authenticate(AuthenticationHandler.java:94)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.wso2.carbon.server.admin.module.handler.AuthenticationHandler.invoke(AuthenticationHandler.java:53)
> >>> >> at org.apache.axis2.engine.Phase.invokeHandler(Phase.java:340)
> >>> >> at org.apache.axis2.engine.Phase.invoke(Phase.java:313)
> >>> >> at org.apache.axis2.engine.AxisEngine.invoke(AxisEngine.java:262)
> >>> >> at org.apache.axis2.engine.AxisEngine.receive(AxisEngine.java:168)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.apache.axis2.transport.http.HTTPTransportUtils.processHTTPPostRequest(HTTPTransportUtils.java:172)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.apache.axis2.transport.http.AxisServlet.doPost(AxisServlet.java:146)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.wso2.carbon.core.transports.CarbonServlet.doPost(CarbonServlet.java:205)
> >>> >> at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:641)
> >>> >> at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ServletRegistration.handleRequest(ServletRegistration.java:90)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ProxyServlet.processAlias(ProxyServlet.java:111)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ProxyServlet.service(ProxyServlet.java:67)
> >>> >> at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.wso2.carbon.tomcat.ext.servlet.DelegationServlet.service(DelegationServlet.java:46)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:224)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:169)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:168)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:98)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.wso2.carbon.tomcat.ext.valves.CompositeValve.invoke(CompositeValve.java:54)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.wso2.carbon.tomcat.ext.valves.CarbonStuckThreadDetectionValve.invoke(CarbonStuckThreadDetectionValve.java:155)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:927)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:407)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:987)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:579)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(NioEndpoint.java:1600)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
> >>> >> at
> >>> >>
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
> >>> >> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> --
> >>> >> Kasun Gajasinghe
> >>> >> Software Engineer; WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.com
> >>> >>
> >>> >> ,
> >>> >> email: kasung AT spamfree wso2.com cell: +94 (77) 678-0813
> >>> >> linked-in: http://lk.linkedin.com/in/gajasinghe
> >>> >> blog: http://blog.kasunbg.org
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> twitter: http://twitter.com/kasunbg
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > --
> >>> > Thilina Buddhika
> >>> > Associate Technical Lead
> >>> > WSO2 Inc. ; http://wso2.com
> >>> > lean . enterprise . middleware
> >>> >
> >>> > phone : +94 77 44 88 727
> >>> > blog : http://blog.thilinamb.com
> >>> >
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> >>>
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Kasun Gajasinghe
> >> Software Engineer; WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.com
> >>
> >> ,
> >> email: kasung AT spamfree wso2.com cell: +94 (77) 678-0813
> >> linked-in: http://lk.linkedin.com/in/gajasinghe
> >> blog: http://blog.kasunbg.org
> >>
> >>
> >> twitter: http://twitter.com/kasunbg
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Mobile : +94773330538
>
>
>
> --
> Kasun Gajasinghe
> Software Engineer; WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.com
>
> ,
> email: kasung AT spamfree wso2.com cell: +94 (77) 678-0813
> linked-in: http://lk.linkedin.com/in/gajasinghe
> blog: http://blog.kasunbg.org
>
>
> twitter: http://twitter.com/kasunbg
>



-- 
Thilina Buddhika
Associate Technical Lead
WSO2 Inc. ; http://wso2.com
lean . enterprise . middleware

phone : +94 77 44 88 727
blog : http://blog.thilinamb.com
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