Error: 'Authentication failed for: 'null'' in RSA Mobile
3 years ago
Originally Published: 2004-05-28
Article Number
000062478
Applies To
RSA Mobile 1.5 Authentication Administration API
RSA Mobile 1.5 Authentication Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4
Issue
Error: "Authentication failed for: 'null'" in RSA Mobile
[ExecuteThread: '19' for queue: 'default'] - [CSF-AuthenticationFailed: "null"; com.rsa.csf.techservice.authenticationmethods.password.PasswordAuthenticationServiceMethod] Authentication failed for: "null" using com.rsa.csf.techservice.authenticationmethods.password.PasswordAuthenticationServiceMethod.
Cause
When the Administration API is used, a hashmap is created which includes details of the selected user ID. If this value is supplied incorrectly, the associated error may be generated.
Resolution
There is no RSA Security fix required for this issue; the error is correctly generated when inappropriate data has been supplied into the following code:

    map.put(RSAUser.getNaturalFetchKey(), userid);
    AdministrationClientService adminService = new AdministrationServiceProxyClient();
    RSAUser rsaUser = (RSAUser) adminService.fetch(ticket, RSAUser.class, map);