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500 Error Accessing Any Servlet/EJB

Requests for any servlet/EJB resource results in an HTTP 500: Internal server error.

Log Message

Possible Cause

Proposed Solution

Check SystemOut.log or trace.log or SystemErr.log for Java 2 security violation errors, permission problems.

Incorrect permissions in was.policy file.

Ensure that was.policy file for the application being accessed contains the adequate java permissions to allow a user to access the resource.