Troubleshooting
Problem
Users wait a long time for SSO to log them into Cognos and then the following error message is shown:
AAA-LPS-0005 Unable to communicate with legacy namespace server
Symptom
In cogserver.log the following additional information is logged:
java.rmi.NoSuchObjectException: could not get connection to LPS
Other error codes may include:
- CM-REQ-4159 Content Manager returned an error in the response header
- CM-CAM-4005 Unable to authenticate. Check your security directory server connection and confirm the credentials entered at login.
Document Location
Worldwide
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Modified date:
15 January 2026
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ibm17037879