I recently installed Tomcat7 with syncope and had no problems in using it for several times, but know after starting tomcat following message appears in log with the result I can not enter with user admin.
Manfredo 13:03:08.342 ERROR org.apache.syncope.console.commons.XMLRolesReader - While parsing authorizations file javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException at com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.jaxp.XPathExpressionImpl.evaluate(XPathExpressionImpl.java:200) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at org.apache.syncope.console.commons.XMLRolesReader.getAllAllowedRoles(XMLRolesReader.java:77) ~[XMLRolesReader.class:?] at WICKET_org.apache.syncope.console.commons.XMLRolesReader$$FastClassByCGLIB$$80d7a21.invoke(<generated>) ~[cglib-2.2.2.jar:?] at net.sf.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy.invoke(MethodProxy.java:204) ~[cglib-2.2.2.jar:?] at org.apache.wicket.proxy.LazyInitProxyFactory$CGLibInterceptor.intercept(LazyInitProxyFactory.java:333) ~[wicket-ioc-6.17.0.jar:6.17.0] at WICKET_org.apache.syncope.console.commons.XMLRolesReader$$EnhancerByCGLIB$$2b9958df.getAllAllowedRoles(<generated>) ~[cglib-2.2.2.jar:?] at org.apache.syncope.console.SyncopeApplication.setupNavigationPanel(SyncopeApplication.java:163) ~[SyncopeApplication.class:?] at org.apache.syncope.console.pages.BasePage.pageSetup(BasePage.java:51) ~[BasePage.class:?] at org.apache.syncope.console.pages.BasePage.<init>(BasePage.java:47) ~[BasePage.class:?] at org.apache.syncope.console.pages.Resources.<init>(Resources.java:119) ~[Resources.class:?] at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:526) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at org.apache.wicket.session.DefaultPageFactory.newPage(DefaultPageFactory.java:171) ~[wicket-core-6.17.0.jar:6.17.0] at org.apache.wicket.session.DefaultPageFactory.newPage(DefaultPageFactory.java:76) ~[wicket-core-6.17.0.jar:6.17.0] at org.apache.wicket.DefaultMapperContext.newPageInstance(DefaultMapperContext.java:133) ~[wicket-core-6.17.0.jar:6.17.0] at org.apache.wicket.core.request.handler.PageProvider.resolvePageInstance(PageProvider.java:268) ~[wicket-core-6.17.0.jar:6.17.0] at org.apache.wicket.core.request.handler.PageProvider.getPageInstance(PageProvider.java:166) ~[wicket-core-6.17.0.jar:6.17.0] at org.apache.wicket.core.request.handler.ListenerInterfaceRequestHandler.getPage(ListenerInterfaceRequestHandler.java:96) ~[wicket-core-6.17.0.jar:6.17.0] at org.apache.wicket.core.request.handler.ListenerInterfaceRequestHandler.respond(ListenerInterfaceRequestHandler.java:157) ~[wicket-core-6.17.0.jar:6.17.0] at org.apache.wicket.request.cycle.RequestCycle$HandlerExecutor.respond(RequestCycle.java:862) ~[wicket-core-6.17.0.jar:6.17.0] at org.apache.wicket.request.RequestHandlerStack.execute(RequestHandlerStack.java:64) ~[wicket-request-6.17.0.jar:6.17.0] at org.apache.wicket.request.cycle.RequestCycle.execute(RequestCycle.java:261) ~[wicket-core-6.17.0.jar:6.17.0] at org.apache.wicket.request.cycle.RequestCycle.processRequest(RequestCycle.java:218) ~[wicket-core-6.17.0.jar:6.17.0] at org.apache.wicket.request.cycle.RequestCycle.processRequestAndDetach(RequestCycle.java:289) ~[wicket-core-6.17.0.jar:6.17.0] at org.apache.wicket.protocol.http.WicketFilter.processRequestCycle(WicketFilter.java:259) ~[wicket-core-6.17.0.jar:6.17.0] at org.apache.wicket.protocol.http.WicketFilter.processRequest(WicketFilter.java:201) ~[wicket-core-6.17.0.jar:6.17.0] at org.apache.wicket.protocol.http.WicketFilter.doFilter(WicketFilter.java:282) ~[wicket-core-6.17.0.jar:6.17.0] at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241) ~[tomcat-catalina-7.0.52.jar:7.0.52] at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208) ~[tomcat-catalina-7.0.52.jar:7.0.52] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:220) ~[tomcat-catalina-7.0.52.jar:7.0.52] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:122) ~[tomcat-catalina-7.0.52.jar:7.0.52] at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:501) ~[tomcat-catalina-7.0.52.jar:7.0.52] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:170) ~[tomcat-catalina-7.0.52.jar:7.0.52] at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:98) ~[tomcat-catalina-7.0.52.jar:7.0.52] at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:950) ~[tomcat-catalina-7.0.52.jar:7.0.52] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116) ~[tomcat-catalina-7.0.52.jar:7.0.52] at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:408) ~[tomcat-catalina-7.0.52.jar:7.0.52] at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1040) ~[tomcat-coyote-7.0.52.jar:7.0.52] at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:607) ~[tomcat-coyote-7.0.52.jar:7.0.52] at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:313) ~[tomcat-coyote-7.0.52.jar:7.0.52] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) [?:1.7.0_51] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) [?:1.7.0_51] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744) [?:1.7.0_51] Caused by: javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: Error desconocido en XPath. at com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.XPath.execute(XPath.java:367) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.XPath.execute(XPath.java:305) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.jaxp.XPathExpressionImpl.eval(XPathExpressionImpl.java:131) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.jaxp.XPathExpressionImpl.eval(XPathExpressionImpl.java:105) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.jaxp.XPathExpressionImpl.evaluate(XPathExpressionImpl.java:187) ~[?:1.7.0_51] ... 44 more Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.dtm.ref.dom2dtm.DOM2DTM.getLocalName(DOM2DTM.java:1035) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.patterns.NodeTest.execute(NodeTest.java:578) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.axes.PredicatedNodeTest.acceptNode(PredicatedNodeTest.java:472) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.axes.AxesWalker.nextNode(AxesWalker.java:374) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.axes.WalkingIterator.nextNode(WalkingIterator.java:197) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.axes.NodeSequence.nextNode(NodeSequence.java:344) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.axes.NodeSequence.runTo(NodeSequence.java:503) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.axes.NodeSequence.setRoot(NodeSequence.java:279) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.axes.LocPathIterator.execute(LocPathIterator.java:214) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.XPath.execute(XPath.java:339) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.XPath.execute(XPath.java:305) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.jaxp.XPathExpressionImpl.eval(XPathExpressionImpl.java:131) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.jaxp.XPathExpressionImpl.eval(XPathExpressionImpl.java:105) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.jaxp.XPathExpressionImpl.evaluate(XPathExpressionImpl.java:187) ~[?:1.7.0_51] ... 44 more
