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mediabin webservice error

bebzif

dears,

i have an error when doing a soap request to mediabin. mb is installed on my w2ksrvsp4 box.
when i go to
http://myserver/mediabinwebservice
and if i do a "getasset" request (using the id of an existing object in mb), then the answer of the .NET webservice is :

System.InvalidCastException: Specified cast is not valid.
at MBPNetModel.MBConnection..ctor(IIdentity identity)
at MBPNetModel.WebServices.MediaBinServer..ctor()

any idea ? let me know !

best regards,

bertrand

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bebzif

added info : in fact it's all the actions that causes the problem.
a simple http://localhost/mediabinwebservice/MediaBinServer.asmx/GetRootContainer
generate the same error.
i already installed the dotnetfx.exe and wse10sp1.exe files. but before installing the webservices.

i'm lost with this thing ... any help would rescue me Smiley Happy

best regards,

bertrand

Migrateduser

Gillet,

1) In your IIS Application under Directory Security check:
- Anonymous Access is OFF
- Integrated Windows Authentication is ON

2) Run ValidateCurrentUser to verify that you are logging on as the user that you think you are

bebzif

Hi Brad,

You were right, I do not have the error anymore.
But now I have another one : when I call the webservice in my browser window, then no problem.
But when the teamsite server calls it, I always get this message when I click on the "Render to teamsite" button and choose a task :
(debug=true in iw.cfg for the teamsite connector) :

authenticateUser()
lookForMBWA()
Workarea exists
action is :IMPORT
assetId is :{088905AC-F105-4A29-9450-E32815469A62}
taskId is :{E60B75A2-2AC1-493B-881C-D8A66F902CA5}
taskName is : JPEG - 100x100 pixels
tagID is : null
mbServer is : LAPTOP-BEBZIF
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
mb_branch = /default/main/template_web/global
mb_workarea_name = work
group = iw
mb_wsdl_url = http://laptop-bebzif:81/MediaBinWebService/MediaBinServer.asmx
iw_url = http://dad-sol8-dev/iw/webdesk/tsmbcUpdate
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
assetId is : {088905AC-F105-4A29-9450-E32815469A62}
getFileFromMBAndPutInTS()
Exception caught : (401)Access Denied

I thought that it was because the webservice uses Windows authentication and my Teamsite server is Solaris. So I tried from my Teamsite locally on my windows server (552 also).
And the result is exactly the same. No matter what are the values of mbws_user and mbws_password in iw.cfg : always the same : Access denied.

I tried other authentication methods for the webservice :
- forms : 404 because the asp login page does not exists
- none : error
- passport : error : no passport installed on the server

The last thing I tried is to enable the anonymous access on the mediabinwebservice folder in IIS. In this case, the error message is
Exception caught : (401)Unauthorized

That means that even if the webservice could authenticate the request, IIS, because it's anonymous-disabled, would block it.

So the question is : how to configure the connector so it can retrieve content from teamsite ?

Sorry for the long question Smiley Happy

Best regards,

Bertrand

bebzif

forget it : it's also fixed.
the reason is that the IIS website must be configured with basic authentication (password is sent in clear text). which makes sense : that why the password should be crypted with JCE.
SHOULD be crypted because ... it should not ! it works fine if I send the pwd uncrypted, it gives an (401)AccesDenied as soon as I crypt the pwd in iw.cfg ...

Am i completely wrong ? Anyway now it works Smiley Happy

but with the password on the network in clear text non crypted with JCE Smiley Sad

Is there a parameter in the webservice to specify the un-encryption ?

have a nice day !

bertrand

Migrateduser

use NTLM if it's available... I think that there are NTLM libraries for Java. We use NTLM from the Mac Client to talk to MB.NET.