Invalid userid/password message

<p>We're using external authentication (Oracle), when the user'saccount is locked or expired, portal displays generic message"Invalid userid/password", we need to be able to tellthem why their login was denied so they can take the appropriateaction</p>

<p>Chris,</p><p> </p><p>I too have looked into this since my apps too have theseissues.</p><p>I have checked all documentation and contacted hyperion supportand I havent found a way to do it.</p><p> </p><p>If we write custom logon pages and then pass thevariable(username/password) to hyperion products , then we shouldbe able to do it. I havent done it but it definitely isplausible.</p><p> </p><p>If you get it to work without writing custom logon pages, pleaselet me know too.</p><p> </p><p>Good Luck !</p><p>thanks</p>

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In root go into System Preferences, choose accounts pane. Unlock the lock icon using if need be the root id and root PW. Highlight the 'errant' admin. Tick the little square box marked 'allow to administer computer, if it is not already ticked. If you have more than one admin (a good idea to have a reserve, admins can go wrong) repeat the 'tick' process with each.
Log out of root and into a normal admin. Go to directory services and you should find in the top menu and option to disable root. You did just enable it. Disable it.
My recived wisdom is it is better to have a root that has been enabled>> passworded>> disabled, than have a default of a disabled unpassworded root. It is worst to have a continuously enabled.
You now have an admin enabled to admin. If you still have a problem it may well be an invalid password. So come back.
This problem and the one of an (apparent) comnplete los of the admin account are plagueing these forums. If you hav not already done so upgrade to 10.5.2. Make sure you repair permissions before and after aqnd remove haxies first etc.

SSO authtication doesnt show "invalid password" message

We have 2 SSO servers
In once, if the user enters invalid password, then same page comes up with message "invalid username/password"
This is the expected behaviour
In other, same page comes up, but without any message
This is misleading and the user keeps thinking why he is not able to proceed without realizing that the password was incorrect
I am sure this is related to some settings
But dont know what needs to be changed
Or what shall I compare bteween the server where its working fine as against the server, where it doesnt show up the right message
Please suggest

So, I assume then that your login page is ok. You tried it and it was there, but you are not being redirected to this page. Can you try re-registering your site using the SSO registration tool. For example:
e.g. for unix:
$ORACLE_HOME/sso/bin/ssoreg.sh \
-site_name application.oracle.com \
-host ukp16016.uk.oracle.com -port 1521 -sid iasdb \
-success_url http://application.oracle.com:7779/osso_login_success \
-cancel_url http://application.oracle.com:7779 \
-logout_url http://application.oracle.com:7779/osso_logout_success \
-home_url http://application.oracle.com:7779 \
-config_mod_osso TRUE \
-oracle_home_path $ORACLE_HOME \
-u root \
-sso_server_version v1.2 \
-verbose TRUE
e.g. for Windows (with no line breaks):
%ORACLE_HOME%\sso\bin\ssoreg.bat
-site_name application.oracle.com
-host ukp16016.uk.oracle.com -port 1521 -sid iasdb
-success_url http://application.oracle.com:7779/osso_login_success
-cancel_url http://application.oracle.com:7779
-logout_url http://application.oracle.com:7779/osso_logout_success
-home_url http://applicationk.oracle.com:7779
-config_mod_osso TRUE
-oracle_home_path %ORACLE_HOME%
-u system
-sso_server_version v1.2
-verbose TRUE
2. If this OHS should protect any URLs in addition to /oiddas edit the mod_osso.conf file at this point.
3. Then update the DCM repository for the appropriate Apache server:
Unix:
$ORACLE_HOME/dcm/bin/dcmctl updateconfig -ct OHS -v
Windows:
%ORACLE_HOME%\dcm\bin\dcmctl updateconfig -ct OHS -v
4. Now restart the instance:
Unix:
$ORACLE_HOME/dcm/bin/dcmctl stop -v
$ORACLE_HOME/dcm/bin/dcmctl start -v
Windows:
%ORACLE_HOME%\dcm\bin\dcmctl stop -v
%ORACLE_HOME%\dcm\bin\dcmctl start -v
If you have metalink access, this is covered in Note:249408.1

"Invalid Password" Message from Network

My 1 year old Time Capsule has been working perfectly since I bought it. Now all of a sudden I don't get logged in automatically to my network. In addition, I can't connect to my network manually; when I try it asks for my password (that Airport Utility stored in my Keychain) and when I type it in I get a "Invalid Password" message. I have tried plugging in to the TC with an Ethernet cable & resetting/changing the password to something new, turning off the security, pressing the reset button for 1 second & 5 seconds, resetting the TC to factory settings & setting up again but to no avail. I have removed & re-added my network from my preferred lists, deleted & redone my Keychains, begged, wheedled and threatened it with a list of dire fates but all with no joy. I can see my network there, with the little lock image, but cannot get in. Airport Utility won't even see my TC unless I'm physically plugged in with an ethernet cable.
Additional info: Maybe no coincidence, but three days ago I got a 4G wireless internet modem and plugged it into the TC. Until then I'd had no internet at home and had the TC happily ignoring this. When I got the modem and plugged it in, Airport Utility asked me to change it to 'Bridge Mode' (that I've tried undoing) and then I was wirelessly online. The modem ran perfectly through the TC for the 1st couple of days and I could still print wirelessly through my attached printer. All was well in the kingdom, when all of a sudden everything went pear-shaped yesterday and no matter what I try I cannot make things whole again.
Can anyone help please????
Alec

Okay, the problem's changed. I turned on my old 12" MBP and found that it was still happily chatting away with the network, printing etc. I compared the two System Profilers & found that the IPv4 had gone to PPP (Not sure what that means or how I changed it) so went back & changed it to DHCP. All of a sudden I was back to being on my network & I was able to back-up with Time Machine. Then I replugged in the 4G modem, the light went amber and when I went to Airport Utility it told me that it was reporting a problem. It said something about double NAT (???) and suggested I went into 'bridge mode', which I duly did. After the TC rebooted itself I was back on the network, so far so good...
Now, however, I can't back-up with TM. It gives me a 'backup disk not available' message. When I try to look at things in Airport Utility, it can see my TC but just hangs on 'Reading the Time Capsule configuration' before giving me a (-6753) 'Make sure your Apple wireless device is plugged in and in range of your computer or connected via Ethernet and try again' message.
Is it something to do with the 'Bridge Mode' thingy? Does it mean that I can either have my wireless backup, or my internet but not both?
PS Oh, and I can't print over the network either, and when I try to print over on my old MBP it says 'Device in use, waiting...'
PPS Aaargh, and my old MBP can talk to the TC via Airport Utility. Does this mean it's a problem with my new MBP, or is it a Snow Leopard thing?

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