REP-0238: Security server authentication failed.

Question

when I tried to call report(s) from java swing application using rwclient I am getting the following error:
REP-0238: Security server authenticatin failed.
Looks like Single server sign-on is on and I am using orace9ias(9.0.2) on windows 2000.
Could some one help me...
Thanks,
Raju

Answer 1

Hi Raju,
Looks like Single server sign-on is on Single Sign-on is applicable when you authenticate yourself using a browser, and not applicable in your case (you are using rwclient). The meaning of single sign-on is that if you authenticate yourself once (eg, while accessing your application or a portal page or another report), in the same browser session you should not be asked for authentication again. As I said, this is not applicable for rwclient requests. For rwclient requests, you have to authenticate yourself in every request.
However, though single sign-on is not applicable, server security is still enforced while you are using rwclient. That is, only authorized users can access the secure reports server and secure reports. So what you should do is provide the credentials for accessing the reports server in your request like this:
rwclient report=.... server=... authid=username/password
The usernbame password above are for those users who have permission on the reports server and the report. You can set and view these permissions using Oracle Portal.
Let me now if you have further questions.
Navneet.