Error: 'Relying Party servlet: java.lang.NullPointerException' in RSA Federated Identity Manager (FIM)
Originally Published: 2005-09-13
Article Number
Applies To
Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4
Issue
RSA Federated Identity Manager (FIM) 2.5 event.log file shows:
The server encountered the following unexpected condition: Error in RSA Federated Identity Manager: Error encountered in Relying Party servlet: java.lang.NullPointerException stack trace of outer exception: org.apache.axis.message.SOAPFaultBuilder.createFault()V(SOAPFaultBuilder.java:260) org.apache.axis.message.SOAPFaultBuilder.endElement(Ljava.lang.String;Ljava.lang.String;Lorg.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext;)V(SOAPFaultBuilder.java:169)
Cause
? You change the Soap Connection Type for the trusted AP from HTTP Basic Authentication using Mutual SSL to SSL Server Authentication (or vice versa)
? You did not set the correct configuration file for the RP identification method being used (either change the Web.xml file to NONE.Web.XML, or vice versa)
Resolution
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