Getting ProtocolException: EOF after reading only 0 of n promised bytes

Question

          I'm running WL 5.1 SP9 on JRE 1.2.2-06. The box is an HP9000 with HPUX 11.0. The
          details are:
          <E> <HTTP> Connection failure
          java.net.ProtocolException: EOF after reading only 0 of 418 promised bytes, out
          of which at least -1 were already buffered
               at weblogic.socket.PostInputStream.complain(PostInputStream.java:65)
               at weblogic.socket.PostInputStream.read(PostInputStream.java:97)
               at weblogic.socket.PostInputStream.clear(PostInputStream.java:144)
               at weblogic.socket.MuxableSocketHTTP.execute(MuxableSocketHTTP.java:258)
               at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:129)
          Any help appreciated
          Please cc my email if possible
          Thanks
          Ricky
          

Answer 1

Hi Ricky,
          I've posted this same bug a while back as well, and only found the solution today; this answer may
          pertain to your problem as well.
          Turns out Apache-WL plugin creates a /tmp/_wl_proxy directory as a buffer flush for POSTs,
          especially any post over 64k. Our dev environment consists of multiple developers with multiple
          instances on Solaris, so whoever logs in and triggers the plugin first will generate this directory
          with their permission, and subsequently all other developer's instance will not be allowed to write
          to this directory. Note this can also happen on staging or prod environment if different users are
          used to start the same server. Our solution is to change the permission of this directory to
          write-for-all, and the problem disappears; unfortunately Apache Plugin may recreate this directory
          after bouncing, so admin has to remain vigilent.
          Perhaps BEA should allow us to change the location of this temp directory.
          Gene
          "Ricky Frost" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
          >
          > I'm running WL 5.1 SP9 on JRE 1.2.2-06. The box is an HP9000 with HPUX 11.0. The
          > details are:
          >
          > <E> <HTTP> Connection failure
          > java.net.ProtocolException: EOF after reading only 0 of 418 promised bytes, out
          > of which at least -1 were already buffered
          > at weblogic.socket.PostInputStream.complain(PostInputStream.java:65)
          > at weblogic.socket.PostInputStream.read(PostInputStream.java:97)
          > at weblogic.socket.PostInputStream.clear(PostInputStream.java:144)
          > at weblogic.socket.MuxableSocketHTTP.execute(MuxableSocketHTTP.java:258)
          > at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:129)
          >
          > Any help appreciated
          > Please cc my email if possible
          >
          > Thanks
          > Ricky