{"id":13011,"date":"2017-12-19T06:13:55","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T13:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/?p=13011"},"modified":"2020-08-27T15:54:08","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T22:54:08","slug":"kb0018649-encryption-over-ldaps-error-salt-parameter-must-not-be-empty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/kb0018649-encryption-over-ldaps-error-salt-parameter-must-not-be-empty\/","title":{"rendered":"KB0018649 : Encryption over LDAPS : ERROR: salt parameter must not be empty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Issue Identified In<\/strong> : 4120<\/p>\n<p><strong>Issue Fixed In: <\/strong>4.5<\/p>\n<p><strong>Environment<\/strong> : Linux, Windows<\/p>\n<p id=\"aui-3-18-0-4_55568\"><strong>Problem:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Randomly getting the \u201csalt parameter must not be empty\u201d error after using Ephesoft for some time.<\/li>\n<li>Unable to Login to Ephesoft after seeing\u00a0\u201csalt parameter must not be empty\u201d when Ephesoft is configured over LDAPS with Encryption ON.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Root Cause:<\/strong>\u00a0We have observed that due to some reason JNDIRealm is trying to recreate Active directory context with Customer\u2019s AD.\u00a0 While recreating context object it is again trying to decrypt the already decrypted password; while doing so Ephesoft decryptor is returning the empty string and here the password is getting reset. Later on in subsequent decrypt password call, decryptor is throwing \u201csalt parameter must not be empty\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong>\u00a0We have devised a solution\u00a0 for above problem in which we are ensuring password doesn\u2019t get decrypted again. This is only valid for 4120 , 4121 and 4130 versions. Please find the link of the the jar file as below. We will need to replace the\u00a0<strong>ephesoft-realm.jar<\/strong>\u00a0with the attached jar file.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hot-Fix Link:<\/strong>\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.ephesoft.com\/ftp\/wiki\/EPHE-18649\/EPHE-18649_HOT-FIX_v4120.zip<\/p>\n<p><strong>Installation Steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol id=\"aui-3-18-0-4_610227\">\n<li>Download the attachment to temporary location.<\/li>\n<li>Extract the zip file.<\/li>\n<li>Inside zip there is a jar file named\u00a0<strong>ephesoft-realm_EPHE-18649_HOT-FIX_v4120.jar.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Remove existing\u00a0<strong>ephesoft-realm.jar<\/strong>\u00a0file from\u00a0<strong>JavaAppServer\\lib<\/strong>\u00a0folder.<\/li>\n<li>Copy extracted jar file to\u00a0<strong>JavaAppServer\\lib<\/strong>\u00a0folder.<\/li>\n<li id=\"aui-3-18-0-4_610226\">Start Ephesoft service.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issue Identified In : 4120 Issue Fixed In: 4.5 Environment : Linux, Windows Problem: Randomly getting the \u201csalt parameter 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