Hello all, i try to activate the LDAP Auth in Jasperserver 3.7.0 CE. When i uncomment to following lines in the applicationContent-security.xml the Jasperserver will not start. <bean id="authenticationManager" class="org.springframework.security.providers.ProviderManager"> <property name="providers"> <list> <ref local="ldapAuthenticationProvider"/> <ref bean="${bean.daoAuthenticationProvider}"/> <ref local="anonymousAuthenticationProvider"/> <!--ref local="jaasAuthenticationProvider"/--> </list> </property> </bean> <bean id="initialDirContextFactory" class="org.springframework.security.ldap.DefaultInitialDirContextFactory"> <constructor-arg value="ldap://mydomaincontroller/dc=mydomain,dc=net"/> <property name="managerDn"><value>myuser@domainnet</value></property> <property name="managerPassword"><value>mypassword</value></property> </bean> <bean id="userSearch" class="org.springframework.security.ldap.search.FilterBasedLdapUserSearch"> <constructor-arg index="0"> <value></value> </constructor-arg> <constructor-arg index="1"> <value>(uid={0})</value> </constructor-arg> <constructor-arg index="2"> <ref local="initialDirContextFactory" /> </constructor-arg> <property name="searchSubtree"> <value>true</value> </property> </bean> <bean id="ldapAuthenticationProvider" class="org.springframework.security.providers.ldap.LdapAuthenticationProvider"> <constructor-arg> <bean class="org.springframework.security.providers.ldap.authenticator.BindAuthenticator"> <constructor-arg><ref local="initialDirContextFactory"/></constructor-arg> <property name="userDnPatterns"><list><value>uid={0}</value></list></property> <property name="userSearch" ref="userSearch"/> </bean> </constructor-arg> <constructor-arg> <bean class="org.springframework.security.providers.ldap.populator.DefaultLdapAuthoritiesPopulator"> <constructor-arg index="0"><ref local="initialDirContextFactory"/></constructor-arg> <constructor-arg index="1"><value></value></constructor-arg> <property name="groupRoleAttribute"><value>cn</value></property> <property name="groupSearchFilter"><value>(&(uniqueMember={0})(objectclass=groupofuniquenames))</value></property> <property name="searchSubtree"><value>true</value></property> </bean> </constructor-arg> </bean> The XML has been checked and is valid. catalina.log says: SEVERE: Context [/jasperserver] startup failed due to previous errors does someone have an idea? Best Regards Sebastian Post Edited by seke at 02/08/2010 15:02