LDAP integration failes as username has space

  • SonarQube 7.7
  • Windows
  • I am trying to integrate SonarQube server with our internal LDAP directory. our user name has space so I see error while authentication. When I use a username which does not have space login works fine.
2021.06.13 16:33:52 DEBUG web[AXoHuUnOKOsplsbEAAAE][o.s.p.l.LdapUsersProvider] Requesting details for user suman raman
2021.06.13 16:33:52 DEBUG web[AXoHuUnOKOsplsbEAAAE][o.s.p.l.LdapSearch] Search: LdapSearch{baseDn=OU=xxx Global,DC=am,DC=mds,DC=xxx,DC=com, scope=subtree, request=(&(objectClass=user)(sAMAccountName={0})), parameters=[suman raman], attributes=[mail, cn]}
2021.06.13 16:33:52 DEBUG web[AXoHuUnOKOsplsbEAAAE][o.s.p.l.LdapContextFactory] Initializing LDAP context {java.naming.referral=follow, java.naming.security.principal=CN=ARM arena,OU=Service,OU=Accounts,OU=AHM,OU=Sales,OU=xxx
Global,DC=am,DC=mds,DC=xxx,DC=com, com.sun.jndi.ldap.connect.pool=true, java.naming.factory.initial=com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory, java.naming.provider.url=ldap://ldapdirectory:389, java.naming.security.authentication=simple}
2021.06.13 16:33:52 DEBUG web[AXoHuUnOKOsplsbEAAAE][o.s.p.l.LdapSearch] Search: LdapSearch{baseDn=OU=xxx 
Global,DC=am,DC=mds,DC=xxx,DC=com, scope=subtree, request=(&(objectClass=user)(sAMAccountName={0})), parameters=[suman raman], attributes=null}
2021.06.13 16:33:52 DEBUG web[AXoHuUnOKOsplsbEAAAE][o.s.p.l.LdapContextFactory] Initializing LDAP context {java.naming.referral=follow, java.naming.security.principal=CN=ARM arena,OU=xxx,OU=Accounts,OU=AHM,OU=Sales,OU=xxxx Global,DC=am,DC=mds,DC=xxx,DC=com, com.sun.jndi.ldap.connect.pool=true, java.naming.factory.initial=com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory, java.naming.provider.url=ldap://ldapserver:389, java.naming.security.authentication=simple}
2021.06.13 16:33:52 DEBUG web[AXoHuUnOKOsplsbEAAAE][o.s.p.l.LdapContextFactory] Initializing LDAP context {java.naming.referral=follow, java.naming.security.principal=CN=suman raman,OU=AHM,OU=Users,OU=Accounts,OU=AHM,OU=Sales,OU=amsGlobal,DC=am,DC=mds,DC=xxx,DC=com, java.naming.factory.initial=com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory, java.naming.provider.url=ldap://ldapserver:389, java.naming.security.authentication=simple}
2021.06.13 16:33:52 ERROR web[AXoHuUnOKOsplsbEAAAE][o.s.s.a.CredentialsExternalAuthentication] Error during authentication
org.sonar.server.exceptions.BadRequestException: Use only letters, numbers, and .-_@ please.
	at org.sonar.server.exceptions.BadRequestException.create(BadRequestException.java:44)
	at org.sonar.server.ws.WsUtils.checkRequest(WsUtils.java:83)
	at org.sonar.server.user.UserUpdater.createDto(UserUpdater.java:198)
	at org.sonar.server.user.UserUpdater.createAndCommit(UserUpdater.java:108)
	at org.sonar.server.authentication.UserRegistrarImpl.registerNewUser(UserRegistrarImpl.java:129)
	at org.sonar.server.authentication.UserRegistrarImpl.register(UserRegistrarImpl.java:96)
	at org.sonar.server.authentication.CredentialsExternalAuthentication.synchronize(CredentialsExternalAuthentication.java:146)
	at org.sonar.server.authentication.CredentialsExternalAuthentication.doAuthenticate(CredentialsExternalAuthentication.java:114)
	at org.sonar.server.authentication.CredentialsExternalAuthentication.authenticate(CredentialsExternalAuthentication.java:91)
	at org.sonar.server.authentication.CredentialsAuthentication.authenticate(CredentialsAuthentication.java:66)
	at org.sonar.server.authentication.CredentialsAuthentication.authenticate(CredentialsAuthentication.java:54)
	at org.sonar.server.authentication.ws.LoginAction.authenticate(LoginAction.java:121)
	at org.sonar.server.authentication.ws.LoginAction.doFilter(LoginAction.java:100)
	at org.sonar.server.platform.web.MasterServletFilter$GodFilterChain.doFilter(MasterServletFilter.java:126)
	at org.sonar.server.platform.web.MasterServletFilter.doFilter(MasterServletFilter.java:95)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.sonar.server.user.UserSessionFilter.doFilter(UserSessionFilter.java:87)
	at org.sonar.server.user.UserSessionFilter.doFilter(UserSessionFilter.java:71)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.sonar.server.platform.web.CacheControlFilter.doFilter(CacheControlFilter.java:76)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.sonar.server.platform.web.SecurityServletFilter.doHttpFilter(SecurityServletFilter.java:76)
	at org.sonar.server.platform.web.SecurityServletFilter.doFilter(SecurityServletFilter.java:48)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.sonar.server.platform.web.RedirectFilter.doFilter(RedirectFilter.java:61)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.sonar.server.platform.web.requestid.RequestIdFilter.doFilter(RequestIdFilter.java:63)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.sonar.server.platform.web.RootFilter.doFilter(RootFilter.java:62)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.apache.catalina.filters.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:109)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:199)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:96)
	at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:493)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:140)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:81)
	at ch.qos.logback.access.tomcat.LogbackValve.invoke(LogbackValve.java:256)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:87)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:342)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:800)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:66)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:806)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1498)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834)
2021.06.13 16:33:52 DEBUG web[AXoHuUnOKOsplsbEAAAE][auth.event] login failure [cause|Use only letters, numbers, and .-_@ please.][method|FORM][provider|REALM|LDAP][IP|10.87.157.27|][login|suman raman]

Hi @syedsfayaz ,

Apologies for the delay. As shown in the logs, you will need to modify that user’s username to not have spaces in it since this is a SonarQube requirement.