Issue
When attempting to change the guest account password the following error is displayed:
| Error Code: 6 |
| Invalid request. |
com.xerox.docushare.DSException: Guest password may not be changed.
at com.xerox.docushare.impl.server.BackendSessionImpl.changeLocalPassword(BackendSessionImpl.java:14060)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:305)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:159)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:155)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:535)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(TCPTransport.java:790)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:649)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Reason
The guest account does not have a password because it does not require a login to access information that is available to guests. It is a special (built-in) read-only account by design.
Note: To restrict or change the access policies for your DocuShare site click the How To Change The Access Policies in DocuShare solution link listed at the bottom of this page.
Solution Published: January 14th, 2013
Solution ID: 1435