401:Unauthorized error while consuming a MOSS web service

Question

Hi, We are trying to cosume a Web Service from MOSS using Spring and Axis. The WSDL requires user name and password. We are passing the right credentials however we are getting the 401 error. The exact exception is provided below. Could any one advise how this can be resolved?
java.io.FileNotFoundException: Response: '401: Unauthorized' for url: 'https://ts2amr.accenture.com/_vti_bin/Search.asmx?wsdl'.
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'spWSClient' defined in ServletContext resource [WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'spWebService' while setting bean property 'service'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'spWebService' defined in ServletContext resource [WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.remoting.RemoteLookupFailureException: Failed to initialize service for JAX-RPC port [{urn:Microsoft.Search}QueryServiceSoap]; nested exception is javax.xml.rpc.ServiceException: Error processing WSDL document:
java.io.FileNotFoundException: Response: '401: Unauthorized' for url: 'https://ts2amr.accenture.com/_vti_bin/Search.asmx?wsdl'

Answer 1

I can't speak for MOSS for sure, but other Microsoft services such as MapPoint used to require Digest Authentication, which isn't quite as pervasive as Basic Authentication. You should doublecheck with the MOSS administrator about the proper credentials and access. You might even try a utility like SoapUI to see if things work from a test client before trying it on the application server.