PM27796: AUTHENTICATION IS FAILED DUE TO SESN0008E ERROR.

APAR status

• Closed as duplicate of another APAR.

Error description

• WebSphere Application Server v6.1.0.25/33
  
  Sometimes an user will get the SESN0008E message as the subject
  passed is null for the PNG and CSS files. Able to login but will
  end up missing images and the position on the page is not placed
  correctly.
  
  
  [11/24/10 10:12:47:145 CST] 000000a2 WebCollaborat A
  SECJ0056E:
  Authentication failed for reason SESN0008E: SessionContext: a
  user
  authenticated as {0} has attempted to access a session owned by
  {1}(anonymous,user:ABCDABCD.abc.AbcAbc.com:5389/cn=admin,cn=user
  s,d
  c=fic,dc=com)
  
  [11/24/10 10:12:47:160 CST] 000000a2 SRTServletRes 3   setStatus
  status
  --> 403 :
  com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srt.SRTServletResponse@3dca3dca
  
  [11/24/10 10:12:47:145 CST] 000000a2 SubjectHelper 3   Subject
  passed in
  is null.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• PM29199 resolves this issue more gracefully.
  

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

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