GemFire "gfsh connect" fails with StackOverflowError

Products

• VMware Tanzu Gemfire

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

When executing a "gfsh connect" command from the OS command line (not in interactive mode) to connect to secured servers (i.e., requires user authentication by specifying a user id and a password), it may fail with the following StackOverflowError:

Error Message

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StackOverflowError
at java.io.UnixFileSystem.getBooleanAttributes0(Native Method)
at java.io.UnixFileSystem.getBooleanAttributes(UnixFileSystem.java:242)
at java.io.File.exists(File.java:819)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath$FileLoader.getResource(URLClassPath.java:1282)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath$FileLoader.findResource(URLClassPath.java:1249)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath$1.next(URLClassPath.java:267)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath$1.hasMoreElements(URLClassPath.java:277)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$3$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:601)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$3$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:599)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$3.next(URLClassLoader.java:598)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$3.hasMoreElements(URLClassLoader.java:623)
at sun.misc.CompoundEnumeration.next(CompoundEnumeration.java:45)
at sun.misc.CompoundEnumeration.hasMoreElements(CompoundEnumeration.java:54)
at java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.hasNextService(ServiceLoader.java:354)
at java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.hasNext(ServiceLoader.java:393)
at java.util.ServiceLoader$1.hasNext(ServiceLoader.java:474)
at javax.management.remote.JMXConnectorFactory.getConnectorAsService(JMXConnectorFactory.java:473)
at javax.management.remote.JMXConnectorFactory.newJMXConnector(JMXConnectorFactory.java:344)
at javax.management.remote.JMXConnectorFactory.connect(JMXConnectorFactory.java:269)
at org.apache.geode.management.internal.cli.shell.JmxOperationInvoker.<init>(JmxOperationInvoker.java:149)
at org.apache.geode.management.internal.cli.commands.ShellCommands.jmxConnect(ShellCommands.java:347)
at org.apache.geode.management.internal.cli.commands.ShellCommands.jmxConnect(ShellCommands.java:372)
at org.apache.geode.management.internal.cli.commands.ShellCommands.jmxConnect(ShellCommands.java:372)
:
(repeating until stack overflow happens)
:

Environment

Cause

If you specify an invalid user id or password using "--user/--password" parameters or a security property file, you may see the above StackOverflowError even though gfsh should give a wrong user or password message.

Resolution

Please check that you specify a valid user id and password when using the "gfsh connect" command.