Oc4j 10.1.2 standalone startup error: JAZNRuntimeException, ...

Question

Why do I get this when I start oc4j standalone?
D:\oc4j101202\j2ee\home>D:\j2sdk1.4.2_10\bin\java.exe -Djazn.debug.log.enable=true -Doracle.home=D:\j2sdk1.4.2_10 -jar oc4j.jar
05/12/02 17:27:38 JAAS: Configuration properties: { location = ./jazn-data.xml, provider.type = XML, }
05/12/02 17:27:39 JAAS: Configuration properties: { location = ./jazn-data.xml, deployment.url = file:/D:/oc4j101202/j2ee/home/config/application.xml, provider.type = XML, }
05/12/02 17:27:39 JAAS: Verify file=D:\oc4j101202\j2ee\home\config\jazn.xml
05/12/02 17:27:39 JAAS: Configuration file=D:\oc4j101202\j2ee\home\config\jazn.xml
05/12/02 17:27:39 JAAS: Configuration file=D:\oc4j101202\j2ee\home\config\jazn.xml
05/12/02 17:27:39 JAAS: Configuration properties: { location = ./jazn-data.xml, provider.type = XML, }
05/12/02 17:27:39 JAAS: Configuration properties: { location = ./jazn-data.xml, deployment.url = file:/D:/oc4j101202/j2ee/home/config/jazn.xml, provider.type = XML, }
05/12/02 17:27:39 JAAS-OC4J: App-specific <jazn> realm.default=null
05/12/02 17:27:39 JAAS-OC4J: Global jazn.xml realm.default=null
05/12/02 17:27:39 JAAS: ORACLE_HOME=D:\j2sdk1.4.2_10
05/12/02 17:27:39 JAAS: Verify file=D:\j2sdk1.4.2_10\j2ee\home\config\jazn.xml
05/12/02 17:27:39 JAAS: J2EE_HOME=D:\oc4j101202\j2ee\home
05/12/02 17:27:39 JAAS: Verify file=D:\oc4j101202\j2ee\home\config\jazn.xml
05/12/02 17:27:39 JAAS: Bootstrap jazn.xml @D:\oc4j101202\j2ee\home\config\jazn.xml
05/12/02 17:27:39 JAAS: Configuration file=D:\oc4j101202\j2ee\home\config\jazn.xml
05/12/02 17:27:39 JAAS: Configuration file=D:\oc4j101202\j2ee\home\config\jazn.xml
05/12/02 17:27:39 JAAS: Configuration properties: { location = ./jazn-data.xml, provider.type = XML, }
05/12/02 17:27:39 JAAS: Configuration properties: { location = ./jazn-data.xml, deployment.url = file:/D:/oc4j101202/j2ee/home/config/jazn.xml, provider.type = XML, }
05/12/02 17:27:39 JAAS: default jazn.xml @ D:\oc4j101202\j2ee\home\config\jazn.xml : [JAZNConfig file:/D:/oc4j101202/j2ee/home/config/jazn.xml]
05/12/02 17:27:39 JAAS-OC4J: $J2EE_HOME/config/jazn.xml: realm.default=null
05/12/02 17:27:39 JAAS: Configuration properties: { location = jazn-data.xml, provider.type = XML, }
05/12/02 17:27:40 JAAS: Configuration properties: { location = jazn-data.xml, deployment.url = file:/D:/oc4j101202/j2ee/home/application-deployments/bc4j/, provider.type = XML, }
05/12/02 17:27:40 JAAS-OC4J: App-specific <jazn> realm.default=null
05/12/02 17:27:40 JAAS-OC4J: Global jazn.xml realm.default=null
05/12/02 17:27:40 JAAS-OC4J: $J2EE_HOME/config/jazn.xml: realm.default=null
05/12/02 17:27:40 JAAS: Configuration properties: { location = ./jazn-data.xml, provider.type = XML, }
05/12/02 17:27:40 JAAS: Configuration properties: { location = ./jazn-data.xml, deployment.url = file:/D:/oc4j101202/j2ee/home/application-deployments/Act220_Reporting/, provider.type = XML, }
05/12/02 17:27:40 JAAS-OC4J: App-specific <jazn> realm.default=null
05/12/02 17:27:40 JAAS-OC4J: Global jazn.xml realm.default=null
05/12/02 17:27:40 JAAS-OC4J: $J2EE_HOME/config/jazn.xml: realm.default=null
05/12/02 17:27:44 oracle.security.jazn.JAZNRuntimeException: Cannot locate ias.properties. Please set system property "oracle.home".
05/12/02 17:27:44       at oracle.security.jazn.util.Misc.getIASPropertiesFilePath(Unknown Source)
05/12/02 17:27:44       at oracle.security.jazn.util.Misc.initIASProperties(Unknown Source)
05/12/02 17:27:44       at oracle.security.jazn.util.Misc.getIASProperties(Unknown Source)
05/12/02 17:27:44       at oracle.security.jazn.oc4j.RealmUserManager.detectOCA(Unknown Source)
05/12/02 17:27:44       at oracle.security.jazn.oc4j.RealmUserManager.installFilter(Unknown Source)
05/12/02 17:27:44       at oracle.security.jazn.oc4j.GenericUserManager.getFilter(Unknown Source)
05/12/02 17:27:44       at oracle.security.jazn.oc4j.FilterUserManager.getFilter(Unknown Source)
05/12/02 17:27:44       at com.evermind.server.http.HttpApplication.initDefaultServlets(HttpApplication.java:5023)
05/12/02 17:27:44       at com.evermind.server.http.HttpApplication.initDynamic(HttpApplication.java:941)
05/12/02 17:27:44       at com.evermind.server.http.HttpApplication.<init>(HttpApplication.java:549)
05/12/02 17:27:44       at com.evermind.server.Application.getHttpApplication(Application.java:890)
05/12/02 17:27:44       at com.evermind.server.http.HttpServer.getHttpApplication(HttpServer.java:707)
05/12/02 17:27:44       at com.evermind.server.http.HttpSite.initApplications(HttpSite.java:600)
05/12/02 17:27:44       at com.evermind.server.http.HttpSite.setConfig(HttpSite.java:278)
05/12/02 17:27:44       at com.evermind.server.http.HttpServer.setSites(HttpServer.java:278)
05/12/02 17:27:44       at com.evermind.server.http.HttpServer.setConfig(HttpServer.java:179)
05/12/02 17:27:44       at com.evermind.server.ApplicationServer.initializeHttp(ApplicationServer.java:2394)
05/12/02 17:27:44       at com.evermind.server.ApplicationServer.setConfig(ApplicationServer.java:1551)
05/12/02 17:27:44       at com.evermind.server.ApplicationServerLauncher.run(ApplicationServerLauncher.java:92)
05/12/02 17:27:44       at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)
05/12/02 17:27:45 Invalid jsp taglib location: D:\j2sdk1.4.2_10\j2ee\home\jsp\lib\taglib does not exist or is not a directory
05/12/02 17:27:46 oracle.security.jazn.JAZNRuntimeException: Cannot locate ias.properties. Please set system property "oracle.home".
05/12/02 17:27:46       at oracle.security.jazn.util.Misc.getIASPropertiesFilePath(Unknown Source)
05/12/02 17:27:46       at oracle.security.jazn.util.Misc.initIASProperties(Unknown Source)
05/12/02 17:27:46       at oracle.security.jazn.util.Misc.getIASProperties(Unknown Source)
05/12/02 17:27:46       at oracle.security.jazn.oc4j.RealmUserManager.detectOCA(Unknown Source)
05/12/02 17:27:46       at oracle.security.jazn.oc4j.RealmUserManager.installFilter(Unknown Source)
05/12/02 17:27:46       at oracle.security.jazn.oc4j.GenericUserManager.getFilter(Unknown Source)
05/12/02 17:27:46       at oracle.security.jazn.oc4j.FilterUserManager.getFilter(Unknown Source)
05/12/02 17:27:46       at com.evermind.server.http.HttpApplication.initDefaultServlets(HttpApplication.java:5023)
05/12/02 17:27:46       at com.evermind.server.http.HttpApplication.initDynamic(HttpApplication.java:941)
05/12/02 17:27:46       at com.evermind.server.http.HttpApplication.<init>(HttpApplication.java:549)
05/12/02 17:27:46       at com.evermind.server.Application.getHttpApplication(Application.java:890)
05/12/02 17:27:46       at com.evermind.server.http.HttpServer.getHttpApplication(HttpServer.java:707)
05/12/02 17:27:46       at com.evermind.server.http.HttpSite.initApplications(HttpSite.java:625)
05/12/02 17:27:46       at com.evermind.server.http.HttpSite.setConfig(HttpSite.java:278)
05/12/02 17:27:46       at com.evermind.server.http.HttpServer.setSites(HttpServer.java:278)
05/12/02 17:27:46       at com.evermind.server.http.HttpServer.setConfig(HttpServer.java:179)
05/12/02 17:27:46       at com.evermind.server.ApplicationServer.initializeHttp(ApplicationServer.java:2394)
05/12/02 17:27:46       at com.evermind.server.ApplicationServer.setConfig(ApplicationServer.java:1551)
05/12/02 17:27:46       at com.evermind.server.ApplicationServerLauncher.run(ApplicationServerLauncher.java:92)
05/12/02 17:27:46       at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)
05/12/02 17:27:47 [INFO] PropertyMessageResources - -Initializing, config='org.apache.struts.util.LocalStrings', returnNull=true
05/12/02 17:27:47 [INFO] PropertyMessageResources - -Initializing, config='org.apache.struts.action.ActionResources', returnNull=true
05/12/02 17:27:49 [INFO] PropertyMessageResources - -Initializing, config='view.ApplicationResources', returnNull=true
05/12/02 17:27:49 [INFO] ValidatorPlugIn - -Loading validation rules file from '/WEB-INF/validator/validator-rules.xml'
05/12/02 17:27:50 [INFO] ValidatorPlugIn - -Loading validation rules file from '/WEB-INF/validator/validations.xml'
05/12/02 17:27:51 Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE 10g (10.1.2.0.2) initialized

Answer 1

When OC4J JAZN initialization looks for ias.properties file for bootstrap purposes, it can throw this error. We have fixed this, but it shouldn't block you. It is just for informational purposes.