Error in obtaining token using TokenManager thru a stand-alone java appln

Question

I am trying to use the IS Java APIs to connect to the directory server and insert a user in the directory from a stand alone java appln.
I get an SSOException while trying to obtain a Token object from the TokenManager (TokenManager.createSSOToken() method ).
Following is the dump of the error:
Exception Message: LDAP authentication failed.
com.iplanet.sso.SSOException: LDAP authentication failed.
at com.iplanet.sso.providers.dpro.SSOProviderImpl.createSSOToken(SSOProv
iderImpl.java:94)
at com.iplanet.sso.SSOTokenManager.createSSOToken(SSOTokenManager.java:2
57)
at SampleUserOperations.main(SampleUserOperations.java:51)
However, the principal and password supplied in the code are correct. Following is the code that generates this error.
public static void main(String[] args)
          int count = 0;
          SSOTokenManager Manager = null;
          SSOToken Token = null;
          AMStoreConnection AMConn = null;
          try
               //create a token
               Manager = SSOTokenManager.getInstance();
               System.out.println("Got a token mgr");               
               Token = Manager.createSSOToken(new AuthPrincipal("uid=admin,ou=administrators,ou=topologymanagement,o=netscaperoot"), "abcdefg123");          
                              System.out.println("Got a token");
               AMConn = new AMStoreConnection(Token);
               System.out.println("Got a conn");
          catch (com.iplanet.sso.SSOException e)
               count++;
               System.out.println("COUNT = " + count + " : " + e);
The credentials provided in the code are correct. What could be the cause of the error?
TIA,
siddharth.

Answer 1

Tthis class is undocumented and this is the reason why you will not find any documentation. This is not the correct way for a client to authenticate to the is in v6. You need to use the JAAS API. I do not believe that the AuthPrincipal sample works in 6.
The package for the class is com/sun/identity/authentication/internal/
rdgs
Steve