"Could not initialize the application's security component" seen when starting Lotus Notes 8.5.2 on Ubuntu Linux 10.10

Hmmm, for no obvious reason, I started seeing this message, in a screen-obscuring dialogue box, when starting Notes 8.5.2 on Ubuntu Linux 10.10

Could not initialize the application's security component. The most likely cause it problems with files in your application's profile directory.
Please check that this directory has no read/write restrictions and that your hard disk is not full or close to full.
It is recommended that you exit the application and fix the problem.
If you continue to use this session, you might see incorrect application behaviour when accessing security features

as per the screenshot below.

This bug report in Launchpad led me to the solution, suggesting that the problem may be due to a missing or, in my case, incorrectly permissioned, Eclipse subdirectory.

To test this assumption, I ran the following set of commands: -

ll /home/hayd/ | grep mozilla

returns

drwx------  6 hayd hayd      4096 2010-10-11 18:37 .mozilla/

ll /home/hayd/.mozilla/

returns: -

total 40
drwx------  6 hayd hayd  4096 2010-10-11 18:37 ./
drwxr-xr-x 93 hayd hayd 12288 2011-02-25 11:15 ../
drwx------  3 root root  4096 2011-01-30 18:51 eclipse/
drwx------  3 hayd hayd  4096 2010-06-14 13:42 extensions/
drwx------  4 hayd hayd  4096 2010-09-09 08:36 firefox/
-rw-------  1 hayd hayd  5218 2010-07-30 13:23 pluginreg.dat
drwxr-xr-x  2 hayd hayd  4096 2010-10-11 18:37 plugins/

ll /home/hayd/.mozilla/eclipse/

returns: -

total 272
drwx------ 3 root root   4096 2011-01-30 18:51 ./
drwx------ 6 hayd hayd   4096 2010-10-11 18:37 ../
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   4096 2010-08-28 19:13 Cache/
-rw------- 1 root root  65536 2011-01-30 18:51 cert8.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2048 2010-11-25 10:42 cookies.sqlite
-rw------- 1 root root  16384 2011-01-30 18:51 key3.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2048 2010-06-15 16:42 permissions.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 151552 2011-01-30 17:54 places.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      0 2011-01-30 17:54 places.sqlite-journal
-rw------- 1 root root    310 2010-11-25 13:33 pluginreg.dat
-rw------- 1 root root    769 2011-01-30 18:51 prefs.js
-rw------- 1 root root  16384 2011-01-30 17:32 secmod.db

The solution ( for me ) ?

As root ( via sudo bash ), run: -

chown -R hayd:hayd /home/hayd/.mozilla/eclipse/
chmod -R +rwx /home/hayd/.mozilla/eclipse/

These two commands set the appropriate ownership and read/write/execute permissions to the eclipse subdirectory that Notes uses.

This appears to have resolved the problem - so far......

WebSphere Portal v7 - Fixpack 1

Whoa, how did I miss this last Thursday ? Oh, I guess it was because I was on a plane home from Edinburgh at the time :-)

So, IBM released the first "full" fix pack for WebSphere Portal 7 last week - this is also known as 7.0.0.1.

There's a lot of good stuff in this release, so it's worth checking out the fix list here.

IBM have pulled together a  page that contains all of the relevant resources for this fix pack here.

It's also worth bookmarking this page which lists the recommended updates for WP and WCM v7, which now includes this 7.0.0.1 fix.

Get downloading ...

WebSphere User Group - Upcoming Events - One virtual, one (very) physical :-)

Two new WUG-related events coming soon: -

Thursday 24 February @ 1100 Eastern Standard Time

Webcast - Leveraging a Federated ESB with WebSphere DataPower

The reality of modern enterprises is that the vast majority have multiple, disparate business units that essentially comprise islands of SOA. By maximizing service reuse in the enterprise, a federated ESB approach that leverages federated service reuse can bridge connectivity across domain boundaries resulting in higher efficiency and responsiveness.

In this webinar, learn how a Federated ESB approach that includes WebSphere DataPower Appliances and leverages the 80 - 20 rule can accelerate and simplify your Federated ESB deployment. With in-depth case studies from leading international financial institutions, see first-hand how this powerful approach can work for your organization.

Bill Hines, Executive I/T Specialist and World-Wide Tech Sales Leader for DataPower

Bill Hines is an Executive I/T Specialist and World-Wide Tech Sales Leader for DataPower, working out of Hershey, PA (Chocolatetown, USA). He has many years of DataPower experience in both customer engagements and developing and delivering internal DataPower training to the IBM consulting, engineering, support, QA, and technical sales teams. He also has WebSphere Application Server experience dating back to 1998. He is the lead author of the acclaimed IBM Press book IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance Handbook and co-author of IBM WebSphere: Deployment and Advanced Configuration as well as many articles published in WebSphere Technical Journal and developerWorks.




Click here to register.

Wednesday 23 March @ IBM Bedfont

Join the WUG team to hear some great speakers talk about a variety of excellent topics, including portal development and testing, mobile access, social/collaboration and search: -

• Test-Driven Development for Portal Applications
• Developing Mobile Portal Content with Mobile Portal Accelerator
• Customer implementation of integrated Social Portal
• Architecture of Multichannel (Mobile) Applications using IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory
• Development of a customer Patient Portal
• Integrating the Google Search Appliance with WebSphere Portal and Lotus Web Content Management

The agenda is online here as is the registration page.

Integrating WebSphere Commerce and Lotus Connections

An interesting article from Glenn Kline at Perficient: -

I was recently asked by IBM if we have integrated WebSphere Commerce and Lotus Connections. I don't believe to date we have done this but it really got me thinking as to how exactly we would do it. Currently I have been leading an effort where we are integrating Commerce with a traditional J2EE / WebSphere application and the concepts are quite similar.

It's a good article, and very much worth a read if you're interested in this area, which, as purveyors of exceptional web experiences, we all are.

The IBM Exceptional Web Experience Conference - 16-19 May 2011 - Call for Abstracts

So, Lotusphere 2011 ( #ls11 ) finished a few weeks back, and IBM is already planning the next major event - the Exceptional Web Experience conference - which takes place ... in Orlando, Fla :-)

The conference registration is now open and, perhaps more importantly, the chance to submit an abstract for the event is also upon us.

Business Impact Program

Track 1: Customer Case Studies and Industry Solutions

• Detailed presentations of client solutions,including Project Goals and Analysis,Industry Specific Approaches,Implementation and Governance Techniques, Best Practices.

Track 2: Accelerating Solution Time to Value and ROI

• Proven Strategies to Build the Vision and Value of an Exceptional Web Experience
  
• Building a Portal Delivery Roadmap
  
• Paths to Success
  
• How to Successfully Justify and Deploy Portal and Social
  
• Software in Your Organization
  
• The Real Scoop on Understanding the Portal Competitive Landscape.

Track 3: Optimize Customer Experiences to Build Brand and Generate Revenue

• You are What You Market: Leveraging New Rules of Marketing
  
• Getting Smart with Retail Portals to Address the Accelerated Shift in Buyer Behavior
  
• Delivering Your Portal Solutions to Mobile Audiences: Best Practices
  
• User Experience Optimization Initiative: Understanding and Applying Web Analytics

Technology Program Track 4: Web Experience Platforms and Solutions

• Getting Started with IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Web Content Management
  
• WebSphere Portal 7
  
• Technical Overview and Strategy
  
• Leveraging Portal NOW to Deliver Exceptional Web Experiences
  
• IBM Forms Technical Deep Dive
  
• What’s New in Lotus Quickr ?
  
• Extending your Portal to Mobile Devices
  
• IBM Mashup Center Overview
  
• Exceptional Web Experience in the Cloud – How to Use IBM WebSphere Portal
  
• IBM Web Content Management
  
• Forms and Mashups in the Cloud.

Track 5: Developing Exceptional Web Experiences

• Improving the Online Experience: Building Next Generation Web sites
  
• Using Adobe FLEX to Deliver IBM
  
• WebSphere Portal and Collaboration Services
  
• Developing Web Applications using IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory, IBM Rational® Application Developer and IBM Lotus Widget Factory
  
• Powering Exceptional Web Experiences Using Industry Toolboxes
  
• Leveraging WebSphere Commerce and IBM Web Content Management
  
• Deliver Operational and Real-time Business Intelligence with Cognos® Business Intelligence
  
• IBM Forms Technical Deep Dive.

Track 6: Best Practices and Implementation

• Managing the Portal Deployment Project: Best Practices, Effective Portal Governance
  
• High Availability Designs and Implementation with WebSphere Portal, Virtualizing Portals, Successfully Managing Your WebSphere Portal, Virtualizing Portals
  
• Successfully Managing Your IBM Web Content Management Solution; Hands On Lab
  
• Administrating WebSphere Portal.

If there's something that you'd like to share, please consider submitting an abstract here.

*Note* The submission form requires a Lotus Greenhouse account, so please visit here if you don't have one.

The closing date for abstracts is two weeks away - Friday 4 March - so strike while the iron is hot.

What is better than Wayne's World ? WebSphere World, WebSphere World, It's Party Time :-)

Thanks to ThisWeekInLotus  for sharing this site - I'm still catching up with the TWiL podcasts; I'm now on the December 24th review of 2010, so am less than two months behind the curve.

One of the last episodes of the year featured John Gallagher from City University, who quoted WebSphere World as his tip.

Having looked at, and registered on, the site, I'd be tempted to agree.

Kudos to Billy Lo for running a great site, keep up the good work :-)

Webcast: "Running IBM WebSphere Portal and WCM in virtualized environments" - Thursday 24 February 2011

IBM Product Development will host a Tech Exchange Webcast and call on "Running IBM WebSphere Portal and WCM in virtualized environments" on Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 10:00 AM US EST (3:00 PM GMT).

Below are the webcast URL and call-in numbers:

Date: Thursday, February 24, 2011
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM US EST (3:00 PM GMT)
Webcast URL: https://apps.lotuslive.com/meetings/join?id=5260580

Audio by phone:
North America, Toll free: 866-803-2145
North America, Toll: 1-210-795-1099
Participant Passcode: 3137041

For further information, please check this page on IBM.COM.