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Hi all,

I'm trying to use alfrescos portlets in liferay, my setup is:

Alfresco 3.4.a tomcat 6
Liferay 6.0.4 tomcat 6

alfresco and liferay are in separate tomcats

I followed this wiki:
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Portlets

thing is, I had to change the alfresco port from 8080 to other, 9181 in this case.

I got alfresco to work, the web client, and alfresco share working too, but when I add the alfresco portlets to liferay i get this error:

118:25:22,378 ERROR [PortletRequestDispatcherImpl:136] org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException: Request processing failed; nested exception is org.springframework.extensions.surf.exception.UserFactoryException: Unable to retrieve user from repository
2org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException: Request processing failed; nested exception is org.springframework.extensions.surf.exception.UserFactoryException: Unable to retrieve user from repository
3       at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:659)
4       at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:552)
5       at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:617)
6       at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
7       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
8       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
9       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:646)
10       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doInclude(ApplicationDispatcher.java:551)
11       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.include(ApplicationDispatcher.java:488)
12       at com.liferay.portlet.PortletRequestDispatcherImpl.dispatch(PortletRequestDispatcherImpl.java:315)
13       at com.liferay.portlet.PortletRequestDispatcherImpl.include(PortletRequestDispatcherImpl.java:133)
14       at org.alfresco.web.portlet.ProxyPortlet.renderRequest(ProxyPortlet.java:290)
15       at org.alfresco.web.portlet.ProxyPortlet.doView(ProxyPortlet.java:198)
16       at org.alfresco.web.portlet.ProxyPortlet.render(ProxyPortlet.java:108)
17       at com.liferay.portlet.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:101)
18       at com.liferay.portal.kernel.portlet.PortletFilterUtil.doFilter(PortletFilterUtil.java:64)
19       at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.PortletServlet.service(PortletServlet.java:92)
20       at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
21       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
22       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
23       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:646)
24       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doInclude(ApplicationDispatcher.java:551)
25       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.include(ApplicationDispatcher.java:488)
26       at com.liferay.portlet.InvokerPortletImpl.invoke(InvokerPortletImpl.java:628)
27       at com.liferay.portlet.InvokerPortletImpl.invokeRender(InvokerPortletImpl.java:713)
28       at com.liferay.portlet.InvokerPortletImpl.render(InvokerPortletImpl.java:424)
29       at org.apache.jsp.html.portal.render_005fportlet_jsp._jspService(Unknown Source)
30       at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
31       at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
32       at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:377)
33       at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:313)
34       at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:260)
35       at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
36       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
37       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
38       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:646)
39       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doInclude(ApplicationDispatcher.java:551)
40       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.include(ApplicationDispatcher.java:488)
41       at com.liferay.portal.util.PortalImpl.renderPortlet(PortalImpl.java:3647)
42       at com.liferay.portal.util.PortalUtil.renderPortlet(PortalUtil.java:1164)
43....

Im using the default user in liferay and created one in alfresco, but still I keep getting this, ive searched for an answer but I cant seem to solve this emoticon

If anyone has any idea on how to solve this, pls help

tnx in advance emoticon

RE: Alfresco Share in Liferay, login problem

November 25, 2010 6:38 AM

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Ricardo Vieira

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problem solved, i didnt had the shared/classes/alfresco/web-extension/share-config-custom.xml with the correct changes :S

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RE: Alfresco Share in Liferay, login problem

December 21, 2010 5:02 AM

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mirek bin

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hello ricardo

can you write out, how did you solve the problem? i am facing the same one (alfresco-3.4.b, liferay-portal-6.0.5) and i can't make both working because of mentioned User retrieval problem :-(

many thanks for the answer

mirek

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RE: Alfresco Share in Liferay, login problem

January 27, 2011 12:59 PM

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Drew Blessing

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I am having the same problem, except I am ~~positive~~ (almost sure based on wiki's) that my share-config-custom.xml is correct. Can you post what you have for that file?

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RE: Alfresco Share in Liferay, login problem

February 28, 2011 11:36 AM

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Same problem here,

alfresco 9090, liferay 8080,

share-config-custom.xml

I just uncommented the last config and changed port numbers to alfreso endpoints.

1 <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Remote">
2    <remote>
3       <endpoint>
4          <id>alfresco-noauth</id>
5          <name>Alfresco - unauthenticated access</name>
6          <description>Access to Alfresco Repository WebScripts that do not require authentication</description>
7          <connector-id>alfresco</connector-id>
8          <endpoint-url>http://localhost:9090/alfresco/s</endpoint-url>
9          <identity>none</identity>
10       </endpoint>
11
12       <endpoint>
13          <id>alfresco</id>
14          <name>Alfresco - user access</name>
15          <description>Access to Alfresco Repository WebScripts that require user authentication</description>
16          <connector-id>alfresco</connector-id>
17          <endpoint-url>http://localhost:9090/alfresco/s</endpoint-url>
18          <identity>user</identity>
19       </endpoint>
20
21       <endpoint>
22          <id>alfresco-feed</id>
23          <name>Alfresco Feed</name>
24          <description>Alfresco Feed - supports basic HTTP authentication via the EndPointProxyServlet</description>
25          <connector-id>http</connector-id>
26          <endpoint-url>http://localhost:9090/alfresco/s</endpoint-url>
27          <basic-auth>true</basic-auth>
28          <identity>user</identity>
29       </endpoint>
30    </remote>
31 </config>

I also added these two lines in the alfresco-global.properties

1
2authentication.chain=alfrescoNtlm1:alfrescoNtlm,external1:external
3external.authentication.proxyUserName=

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RE: Alfresco Share in Liferay, login problem

February 28, 2011 12:15 PM

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The solution consisted in adding "<external-auth> true </external-auth>" line...

1
2       <endpoint>
3          <id>alfresco</id>
4          <name>Alfresco - user access</name>
5          <description>Access to Alfresco Repository WebScripts that require user authentication</description>
6          <connector-id>alfresco</connector-id>
7          <endpoint-url>http://localhost:9090/alfresco/s</endpoint-url>
8          <identity>user</identity>
9       <external-auth> true </external-auth>
10       </endpoint>

But I have another problem I can't solve

1
2
3ERROR [InvokerFilter:128] java.lang.SecurityException: Unable to locate a login configuration
4java.lang.SecurityException: Unable to locate a login configuration
5       at com.sun.security.auth.login.ConfigFile.<init>(ConfigFile.java:93)
6       at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
7       at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
8       at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
9       at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
10       at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:355)
11       at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:308)
12       at javax.security.auth.login.Configuration$3.run(Configuration.java:246)
13       at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
14       at javax.security.auth.login.Configuration.getConfiguration(Configuration.java:241)
15       at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext$1.run(LoginContext.java:237)
16       at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
17       at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.init(LoginContext.java:234)
18       at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.<init>(LoginContext.java:403)
19       at org.alfresco.web.site.servlet.SSOAuthenticationFilter.init(SSOAuthenticationFilter.java:246)
20       at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterHelper.initFilter(InvokerFilterHelper.java:188)
21       at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterHelper.readLiferayFilterWebXML(InvokerFilterHelper.java:263)
22       at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilter.init(InvokerFilter.java:96)
23       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.getFilter(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:295)
24       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.setFilterDef(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:422)
25       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.<init>(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:115)
26       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.java:3838)
27       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4488)
28       at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791)
29       at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771)
30       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:526)
31       at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:1041)
32       at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectories(HostConfig.java:964)
33       at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:502)
34       at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1277)
35       at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:321)
36       at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
37       at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
38       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:722)
39       at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
40       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)
41       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:516)
42       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)
43       at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:593)
44       at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
45       at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
46       at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
47       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
48       at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:289)
49       at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:414)
50Caused by: java.io.IOException: Unable to locate a login configuration
51       at com.sun.security.auth.login.ConfigFile.init(ConfigFile.java:250)
52       at com.sun.security.auth.login.ConfigFile.<init>(ConfigFile.java:91)
53       ... 44 more

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RE: Alfresco Share in Liferay, login problem

February 28, 2011 2:05 PM

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Ok, finally I got rid of the login issue, and this one is back

1
2Caused by: org.springframework.extensions.surf.exception.UserFactoryException: Unable to create user - failed to retrieve user metadata:
3 at org.springframework.extensions.surf.support.AlfrescoUserFactory.loadUser(AlfrescoUserFactory.java:177)

share-config-custom.xml

1
2
3<alfresco-config>
4
5 <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Remote">
6    <remote>
7       <endpoint>
8          <id>alfresco-noauth</id>
9          <name>Alfresco - unauthenticated access</name>
10          <description>Access to Alfresco Repository WebScripts that do not require authentication</description>
11          <connector-id>alfresco</connector-id>
12          <endpoint-url>http://localhost:9090/alfresco/s</endpoint-url>
13          <identity>none</identity>
14       </endpoint>
15
16       <endpoint>
17          <id>alfresco</id>
18          <name>Alfresco - user access</name>
19          <description>Access to Alfresco Repository WebScripts that require user authentication</description>
20          <connector-id>alfresco</connector-id>
21          <endpoint-url>http://localhost:9090/alfresco/s</endpoint-url>
22          <identity>user</identity>
23       <external-auth> true </external-auth>
24       </endpoint>
25
26       <endpoint>
27          <id>alfresco-feed</id>
28          <name>Alfresco Feed</name>
29          <description>Alfresco Feed - supports basic HTTP authentication via the EndPointProxyServlet</description>
30          <connector-id>http</connector-id>
31          <endpoint-url>http://localhost:9090/alfresco/s</endpoint-url>
32          <basic-auth>true</basic-auth>
33          <identity>user</identity>
34       </endpoint>
35    </remote>
36 </config>
37
38</alfresco-config>

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RE: Alfresco Share in Liferay, login problem

March 16, 2011 3:49 AM

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Alexander Chow

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Have you tried posting this on Alfresco's forums? This seems like it is more an Alfresco issue than a Liferay one.

http://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=34661
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypw7oCjUPKo

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RE: Alfresco Share in Liferay, login problem

March 16, 2011 4:19 AM

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At the beginning I didn't know it works only with Liferay 5.2.3 ... I figured that out after some time and I gave up on deploying alfresco share on Liferay 6.1.x ...Though it worked for me on LR 5.2.3 ... Thank you

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RE: Alfresco Share in Liferay, login problem

March 16, 2011 4:56 AM

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Alexander Chow

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Thanks. I've updated your ticket.

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RE: Alfresco Share in Liferay, login problem

April 21, 2011 10:42 AM

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Hajri Mohamed

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liferay 6.0.5 with Alfresco (3.4 community) share working very well in separate tomcat, who want some help can just say it

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RE: Alfresco Share in Liferay, login problem

May 28, 2011 5:08 AM

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Kamesh Sampath

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Hi Hajri,

I am still not able to connect Alfresco Share with Liferay with the configuration mentioned and discussed above. I am still getting Unable to retrieve the user error

Can you please let know how did you make it working for Alfresco 3.4 and Liferay 6.0.5, am using Liferay 6.0.5 and Alfresco Community 3.4.c

Thanks.
Kamesh

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RE: Alfresco Share in Liferay, login problem

June 9, 2011 5:28 AM

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Hajri Mohamed

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this is my share-config-custom.xml

1<alfresco-config>
2 <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Remote">
3 <remote>
4
5    <endpoint>
6       <id>alfresco-noauth</id>
7       <name>Alfresco - unauthenticated access</name>
8       <description>Access to Alfresco Repository WebScripts that do not require authentication</description>
9       <connector-id>alfresco</connector-id>
10       <endpoint-url>http://localhost:8080/alfresco/s</endpoint-url>
11       <identity>none</identity>
12    </endpoint>
13
14    <endpoint>
15       <id>alfresco-feed</id>
16       <name>Alfresco Feed</name>
17       <description>Alfresco Feed - supports basic HTTP authentication</description>
18       <connector-id>http</connector-id>
19       <endpoint-url>http://localhost:8080/alfresco/s</endpoint-url>
20       <basic-auth>true</basic-auth>
21       <identity>user</identity>
22    </endpoint>
23
24    <connector>
25       <id>alfrescoCookie</id>
26       <name>Alfresco Connector</name>
27       <description>Connects to an Alfresco instance using cookie-based authentication</description>
28       <class>org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.connector.AlfrescoConnector</class>
29    </connector>
30
31    <endpoint>
32       <id>alfresco</id>
33       <name>Alfresco - user access</name>
34       <description>Access to Alfresco Repository WebScripts that require user authentication</description>
35       <connector-id>alfrescoCookie</connector-id>
36       <endpoint-url>http://localhost:8080/alfresco/wcs</endpoint-url>
37       <identity>user</identity>
38       <external-auth>true</external-auth>
39    </endpoint>
40
41 </remote>
42 </config>
43
44</alfresco-config>

and be sure to create a user in alfresco with the same password as liferay portal
another think, in alfresco-global.properties add this

# Enable external authentification for portlets ----Added
authentication.chain=alfrescoNtlm1:alfrescoNtlm,external1:external
external.authentication.proxyUserName=

fially , this is a link to a tuto that helped me much
alfresco tuto

regards

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RE: Alfresco Share in Liferay, login problem

July 9, 2011 12:57 AM

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Kamesh Sampath

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Thanks it worked emoticon

,

I also found another thing when we try to login to Liferay form the same browser window/tab in which you have logged in as alfresco user, it gives the same user repository error, i guess the "alfrescoCookie" is having that effect. the same does work if we try to two different browser windows.

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RE: Alfresco Share in Liferay, login problem

September 8, 2011 2:32 PM

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Avinash Vutukuri

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Thanks, Its working fine for me. Now I am able to share the documents from alfresco to liferay. But I am not sure how to use this content and publish it to the pages. Please let me know how can I use this content in a structure as we use the regular liferay document library content and publish it using web content display?

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RE: Alfresco Share in Liferay, login problem

September 14, 2011 7:18 AM

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Basanagowda Patil

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Hi,
I am able to achieve this but struggling to do SSO integration.
Any thoughts how to do it?

Thanks,
Patil

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RE: Alfresco Share in Liferay, login problem

December 4, 2011 8:06 AM

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Andreas van de Valk

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Hallo!

I am a newbie: Tomcat, Java, Alfresco and Liferay....

Using Liferay 6.1 CE (Tomcat 7) and Alfresco 4.0.b (Tomcat 6) on Debian 6.03. Both running without problems now. Logged in as the same user with identical password, email adress.I build a site "Alfresco" (1 column) in Liferay, added "Share My documents library".

My Problem is: Activating the site "Alfresco", shows the site but brings as result a popup "Alfreso Please login over your portal".

For me it looks like a problem from Alfresco. Maybe i am false.

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RE: Alfresco Share in Liferay, login problem

February 4, 2012 10:51 AM

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Holger Wesser

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Andreas van de Valk:

My Problem is: Activating the site "Alfresco", shows the site but brings as result a popup "Alfreso Please login over your portal".

Hi Andreas,
did you solve your problem? I'm facing the same issue and don't know how to handle this...

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RE: Alfresco Share in Liferay, login problem

July 12, 2012 3:35 AM

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sheela mk

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ya..I'm also facing the same problem..Pls..Anybody..Experts try out this..n tel us..

LR 6.1,Alfresco CE 4.0.d

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RE: Alfresco Share in Liferay, login problem

November 15, 2012 10:03 AM

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Marianandan Arockiasamy

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There problem could be because of 2 reason.

Reason #1: Check your Alfresco service is running.

Reason #2: You might have opened Alfresco and Liferay Portal in the same host machine. The reason why I am telling this is because when both the applications are opened Liferay is trying to use the same session of alfresco, even though you have logged in as a different liferay user. Because of the role conflict with different user (1 in liferay and 1 in Alfresco) but both the application sharing the same alfresco session, you might end up with getting this problem. So make sure when you are running liferay application and having alfresco portlet in it, you should not try to open alfresco in the same machine enven if it is a different browser.

Regards
-Mari