Invalid guid error looking up EJB from a startup class

Question

Gentlemen,
I am receiving an "invalid guid at GDS" error that is similar to others reported at:
http://softwareforum.sun.com/servlet/ProcessRequest?RHIVEID=181&RPAGEID=135&HOID=50B500000008000000FE090000&UCATEGORY_0=_29_%24_24_6_&UCATEGORY_S=0
and
http://softwareforum.sun.com/servlet/ProcessRequest?RHIVEID=181&RPAGEID=135&HOID=50B500000008000000FE090000&UCATEGORY_0=_29_%24_24_6_&UCATEGORY_S=0
In my case, I can retrieve the EJB from my rich client with no problems. However, if I execute the exact
same code from within a startup class (i.e. com.iplanet.ias.startup.StartupClass) then I get the following error repeated until memory runs out:
javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: MessageRepositoryBean : Invalid guid null in
GDS
at com.netscape.server.ejb.EjbContext.lookup(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.jndi.RootContext.lookup(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.jndi.RootContext.lookup(Unknown Source)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:357)
at com.netscape.ejb.CorbaHomeFactoryImpl.ConstructEJBHome(Unknown Source
at com.netscape.CosNaming.NamingContextImpl.resolve(Unknown Source)
at org.omg.CosNaming._NamingContextImplBase.invoke(_NamingContextImplBas
e.java:233)
at com.sun.corba.ee.internal.corba.ServerDelegate.dispatch(ServerDelegat
e.java:236)
at com.sun.corba.ee.internal.iiop.ORB.process(ORB.java:227)
at com.sun.corba.ee.internal.iiop.CachedWorkerThread.doWork(IIOPConnecti
on.java:262)
at com.sun.corba.ee.internal.iiop.CachedWorkerThread.run(IIOPConnection.
java:230)
javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: MessageRepositoryBean : Invalid guid null in
In previous answers people have suggested adding various things to the app server classpath. This does not make any difference for me. I am puzzled why code runs fine in a normal rich client, but not in a startup class. Here is the code that I am running:
try
String contextFactory = "com.sun.jndi.cosnaming.CNCtxFactory";
String providerURL = "iiop://localhost:9010";
Properties p = new Properties();
p.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, contextFactory);
p.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, providerURL);
Context context = new InitialContext(p);
MessageRepositoryHome home = (MessageRepositoryHome)
PortableRemoteObject.narrow(context.lookup("ejb/MessageRepository"), MessageRepositoryHome.class);
MessageRepository repository = home.create();
catch(Exception e)
e.printStackTrace(Log.err);
System.exit(1);
Thanks for your help,
Mark

Answer 1

I was mistaken in this posting. I was able to access the EJB from the startup class so there must be something else that I am doing to cause this problem. I'd still like to know why I get those invalid guid errors though.
By the way, please forgive me for using the gender-specific gentlemen in my posting. That was accidental.