Portal7 Install / Configuration problem

I can't seem to install Portal 7 on Solaris 10 x86. After several weeks and all kinds of effort, I have everything running except that I get configuration errors when I try to install Portal.

I'm running it in the Sun app server container (I need to do this as I'm trying to deploy JCAPS eBAM components).

Here is the error:

[#|2007-02-08T10:00:33.724-0800|SEVERE|SJS Portal Server|debug.com.sun.portal.fabric.config|ThreadID=10; ClassName=com.sun.portal.fabric.config.PortalConfigur

ator; MethodName=getMbeanServerConnection; |PSFB_CSPFC0025:Security error getting MbeanServerConnection

java.lang.SecurityException: java.lang.SecurityException: Authentication failed: Authentication Failed!!|login_failed_template.jsp

at com.sun.jmx.remote.opt.security.AdminClient.throwExceptionOnError(AdminClient.j ava:337)

at com.sun.jmx.remote.opt.security.AdminClient.connectionOpen(AdminClient.java:144 )

at com.sun.jmx.remote.generic.ClientSynchroMessageConnectionImpl.connect(ClientSyn chroMessageConnectionImpl.java:71)

at javax.management.remote.generic.GenericConnector.connect(GenericConnector.java: 177)

at javax.management.remote.jmxmp.JMXMPConnector.connect(JMXMPConnector.java:119)

at javax.management.remote.JMXConnectorFactory.connect(JMXConnectorFactory.java:24 8)

at com.sun.cacao.agent.JmxClient.getUnknownJmxClientConnection(JmxClient.java:876)

at com.sun.portal.admin.common.util.AdminClientUtil.getJMXConnector(AdminClientUti l.java:114)

at com.sun.portal.fabric.config.PortalConfigurator.getMbeanServerConnection(Portal Configurator.java:617)

at com.sun.portal.fabric.config.ConfigurePortal.main(ConfigurePortal.java:129)

It seem obvious that I'm getting an Authentication failure, but I can't seem to figure out why. I've double and tripple checked the passwords and connection information.

HELP!

[1922 byte] By [debrown_ora] at [2007-11-26 17:50:48]
# 1
The authentication failure is for getting a JMXConnection. Can you check if cacao is running ? Run '/usr/lib/cacao/bin/cacaoadm status' to check cacao satus
sushmaca at 2007-7-9 5:03:18 > top of Java-index,Web & Directory Servers,Portal Servers...
# 2
cacao is up and running.
debrown_ora at 2007-7-9 5:03:18 > top of Java-index,Web & Directory Servers,Portal Servers...
# 3

Are you able to login to Portal even once after the install ?

I had the same problem, but I forgot what I did to get out of this (either a reinstall or doing this cacao restart thing). Probably in my case the install passwords expired for amAdmin & puser IDs. Each time I tried to login, LDAP server was logging error saying "password expired".

In any case, when you are trying to authenticate, tail the Directory Server access logs to see whether your bind request is going to the LDAP or not. If it is, see which ID is being used and whether it is succeeding or not.

-GM.

Dexthora at 2007-7-9 5:03:18 > top of Java-index,Web & Directory Servers,Portal Servers...
# 4

no. I cannot login as the configuration for portal is never complete.

Here are the last few lines from amAuthentication.error

"2007-02-14 11:05:43""Login Failed|module_instance|LDAP"LDAPAUTHENTICATION-268dc=con-way,dc=com"Not Available" INFO"Not Available" 10.50.98.39"cn=dsameuser,ou=DSAME Users,dc=con-way,dc=com" itebpmlab

"2007-02-14 11:05:43""Login Failed|module_instance|LDAP"LDAPAUTHENTICATION-268dc=con-way,dc=com"Not Available" INFO"Not Available" 10.50.98.39"cn=dsameuser,ou=DSAME Users,dc=con-way,dc=com" itebpmlab

debrown_ora at 2007-7-9 5:03:18 > top of Java-index,Web & Directory Servers,Portal Servers...