JIRA throws javax.naming.PartialResultException: Unprocessed Continuation Reference(s) during log in attempt

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Problem

When a user from an LDAP directory attempts a log in, the following stack trace is thrown in the atlassian-jira.log

2015-03-19 16:09:35,905 http-bio-8080-exec-18 DEBUG anonymous 969x41355x1 8t5pto 198.147.38.85,0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 /rest/gadget/1.0/login [springframework.ldap.core.LdapTemplate] PartialResultException encountered and ignored
javax.naming.PartialResultException: Unprocessed Continuation Reference(s); remaining name 'DC=example,DC=com'
	at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.processReturnCode(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.processReturnCode(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.jndi.ldap.AbstractLdapNamingEnumeration.getNextBatch(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.jndi.ldap.AbstractLdapNamingEnumeration.hasMoreImpl(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.jndi.ldap.AbstractLdapNamingEnumeration.hasMore(Unknown Source)
	at org.springframework.ldap.core.LdapTemplate.search(LdapTemplate.java:295)
	at org.springframework.ldap.core.LdapTemplate.search(LdapTemplate.java:237)
	at com.atlassian.crowd.directory.ldap.LdapTemplateWithClassLoaderWrapper$4.call(LdapTemplateWithClassLoaderWrapper.java:99)
	at com.atlassian.crowd.directory.ldap.LdapTemplateWithClassLoaderWrapper$4.call(LdapTemplateWithClassLoaderWrapper.java:96)
	at com.atlassian.crowd.directory.ldap.LdapTemplateWithClassLoaderWrapper.invokeWithContextClassLoader(LdapTemplateWithClassLoaderWrapper.java:54)
	at com.atlassian.crowd.directory.ldap.LdapTemplateWithClassLoaderWrapper.search(LdapTemplateWithClassLoaderWrapper.java:96)

Diagnosis

Follow Referrals is not enabled

Cause

The Unprocessed Continuation Reference(s)message is saying that there is a referral on that user, and since we have referrals disabled, it throws an error.

Resolution

  1. Identify the directory which this user is logging on from
  2. Navigate to the User Directory page and Edit this particular directory
  3. Enable Follow Referrals
Last modified on Mar 30, 2016

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