Missing jcifs.jar warning or error in the catalina logs for non NTLM authentication environment

Created
October 08, 2021 23:14

Date Posted: 2020-08-25
Product: TIBCO Spotfire®

Problem:

Solution:

The jcifs.jar file is only required when the Spotfire Server is setup to use NTLM authentication.

You may see the below warning on startup in the <Spotfire Server Install>\tomcat\logs\catalina.log file
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WARNING [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.tomcat.util.scan.StandardJarScanner.scan Failed to scan [file:/C:/tibco/tss/7.11.0/tomcat/lib/jcifs.jar] from classloader hierarchy java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\tibco\tss\7.11.0\tomcat\lib\jcifs.jar (The system cannot find the file specified)
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Cause:
The above error is caused when using datasource drivers which may require the jcifs file.
e.g if you have a jtds.jar file you may receive the above error as the manifest.mf file inside the jtds jar, looks for the jcifs.jar on its classpath.

Resolution:
1) Download the jcifs.jar from http://public.tibco.com/pub/tibco_oss/jcifs/
2) Copy the jcifs.jar to the <Spotfire Server Install>\tomcat\lib folder
3) Restart the Spotfire Server Service
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45206308/tomcat-8-5-15-unable-to-find-jcifs-jar