This issue was reported and fixed http://bugzilla.mcs.anl.gov/globus/show_bug.cgi?id=6330. Should be part of the next point release.
One of the issues that triggered this error was error on client certificate: http://bugzilla.mcs.anl.gov/globus/show_bug.cgi?id=6329. This is the fix that was committed for the NPE: http://viewcvs.globus.org/viewcvs.cgi/wsrf/java/core/source/src/org/globus/w srf/container/GSIServiceThread.java?r1=1.5.2.12&r2=1.5.2.13&pathrev=globus_4 _0_branch With this fix, you should see the error message printed on the server side. To see the whole stack trace, edit $GLOBUS_LOCATION/container-log4j.properties to have the following line: log4j.category.org.globus.wsrf.container.GSIServiceThread=DEBUG Rachana > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andre Charbonneau > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 10:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [gt-user] periodic NullPointerException from > GSIServiceThread.process > > Hello, > I noticed that a while ago my gt4.0.8 container started to log a > NullPointerException in the container.log file every 5 > minutes, as shown > below: > > 2008-10-27 11:05:38,182 ERROR container.ServiceThread > [ServiceThread-89,run:297] Unexpected error during request processing > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.globus.wsrf.container.GSIServiceThread.process(GSIServiceT > hread.java:151) > at > org.globus.wsrf.container.ServiceThread.run(ServiceThread.java:291) > > > I tracked down the line in GSIServiceThread.java that throws > the exception: > > } catch (IOException e) { > (...) > if (msg.indexOf("Token length") != -1) { > > So it looks like first a IOException is thrown, but the msg is null, > which makes line 151 to throw the NullPointerException. > > I tried restarting the container, and cleaning up the .globus > directories but the error just won't go away. > > Are there any instructions on how I can completely reset the globus > container (i.e., remove all persisted data) so that I can > start it again > for a fresh/pristine state? > > Anything else I should try that might help me identify the > source of the > problem? > > (I'm running a gt4.0.8 installation on SUSE LINUX 10.0 (i586), Java: > (build 1.6.0_07-b06)) > > Thanks, > Andre >
