Unable to start the WebLogic Server weblogic.security.SecurityInitializationException: Authentication for user weblogic denied

 

Getting the following exception when trying to start the WebLogic Server

<Mar 7, 2012 3:57:29 PM IST> <Critical> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000386> <Server subsystem failed. Reason: weblogic.security.SecurityInitializationException: Authentication for user weblogic denied
weblogic.security.SecurityInitializationException: Authentication for user weblogic denied
        at weblogic.security.service.CommonSecurityServiceManagerDelegateImpl.doBootAuthorization(CommonSecurityServiceManagerDelegateImpl.java:965)
        at weblogic.security.service.CommonSecurityServiceManagerDelegateImpl.initialize(CommonSecurityServiceManagerDelegateImpl.java:1050)
        at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.initialize(SecurityServiceManager.java:873)
        at weblogic.security.SecurityService.start(SecurityService.java:141)
        at weblogic.t3.srvr.SubsystemRequest.run(SubsystemRequest.java:64)
        Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Caused By: javax.security.auth.login.FailedLoginException: [Security:090303]Authentication Failed: User weblogic weblogic.security.providers.authentication.LDAPAtnDelegateException: [Security:090295]caught unexpected exception
        at weblogic.security.providers.authentication.LDAPAtnLoginModuleImpl.login(LDAPAtnLoginModuleImpl.java:251)
        at com.bea.common.security.internal.service.LoginModuleWrapper$1.run(LoginModuleWrapper.java:110)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at com.bea.common.security.internal.service.LoginModuleWrapper.login(LoginModuleWrapper.java:106)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace

Follow the following steps:
1: remove the boot.properties file completely from the managed server directory.
2: remove the ManagedServerDir/data/ldap directory completely.
3: Always keep backup of files before removing it.
4: Now try to start the server from the command prompt and provide the username/password used to login to the Admin Console.