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[Rob Urquhart <>]

Thanks Chris - you were correct about the session problem. I'm running a 
single tomcat server proxied through apache, and I messed up the CAS 
configuration -- very embarrassing. It's working fine now.

Rob

On 2011-10-13, at 9:12 PM, Chris Hyzer wrote:

> I think you are having session problems, like the session is not there on 
> the next click..  You are running one app server (tomcat?) with no load 
> balancer, or multiple tomcats with sticky cookie load balancing, right?  
> Which version of app server?  How did you install it?
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
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> To: GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing
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> Subject: Re: [grouper-users] problems with grouper-ui 2.0
> 
> So I blew away my grouper.ui install and redid it. The only config change I 
> made was to set the grouper.folder attribute in build.properties. Same 
> result. (Is there some other configuration that I should be changing that I 
> have missed?) 
> 
> I do get the error described if I login and go straight to a group, click 
> "Add members" and search. I checked the html of the page before submitting 
> the form and there is a <input type="hidden" name="newSearch" value="Y"/> 
> tag in the form.
> 
> Also, on the page to add a folder I'm filling in all three fields: Folder 
> name, Folder Id, and Description.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Rob
> 
> On 2011-10-12, at 11:04 PM, GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing 
> wrote:
> 
>> --On 07 October 2011 12:22 -0700 Rob Urquhart 
>> <>
>>  wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I'm installing grouper 2.0 and I'm running into some problems with the
>>> UI. I have a JDBC source defined (see attached) and it works in gsh. That
>>> is, I can run SubjectFinder.findAll, SubjectFinder.findById and I get the
>>> expected results. I can also add new stems from gsh. I can log into the
>>> UI and display members of groups that were added by gsh. But:
>>> 
>>> 1. If I try to add a new member in the UI by going to the page (e.g.)
>>> "Assign privileges / Add members for [uiUsers]" and then doing a search
>>> it throws a NPE. (See attached log1).
>> As Chris suggested the location of the error points to an issue with 
>> request parameters / session attributes. The form you submit to search 
>> should have:
>> 
>> <input type="hidden" name="newSearch" value="Y"/>
>> 
>> The error indicates that this parameter is not passed - or something 
>> placed in the session is not available. Do you get the error if you login, 
>> go straight to the group, click 'Add members' and search?
>>> 
>>> 2. It I try to add a new stem I get an error: "Error: Could not create
>>> folder. Error is 'must contain a non-whitespace character, Problem in
>>> HibernateSession: HibernateSession: isNew: false, isReadonly: false,
>>> grouperTransactionType: READ_WRITE_NEW'."
>> This is a somewhat bad error message which actually means you need to add 
>> a folder id. The UI doesn't indicate it is mandatory - nor the error 
>> message - so we should change that.
>> 
>> Gary
>>> 
>>> I suspect there is a configuration change from 1.6.3 that I have missed,
>>> but after going through the 2.0 release notes I'm still stumped. Any help
>>> would be greatly appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Rob
>> 
>> 
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>> GW Brown, IT Services
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> Rob Urquhart 
> Institutional, Collaborative, and Academic Technologies (ICAT)
> IT Services
> Simon Fraser University
> 778-782-3650
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Rob Urquhart 
Institutional, Collaborative, and Academic Technologies (ICAT)
IT Services
Simon Fraser University
778-782-3650