Cannot Delegate Confluence User Management to JIRA Using DB2

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Symptoms

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2008-06-04 09:56:10,862 FATAL [http-80-Processor4] [user.provider.jdbc.JDBCCredentialsProvider] handles Could not see if [admin] is handled com.ibm.db2.jcc.b.SqlException: DB2 SQL error: SQLCODE: -204, SQLSTATE: 42704, SQLERRMC: JIRAUSER.USERBASE ... at com.opensymphony.user.provider.jdbc.JDBCCredentialsProvider.handles(JDBCCredentialsProvider.java:131) caused by: com.ibm.db2.jcc.b.SqlException: DB2 SQL error: SQLCODE: -727, SQLSTATE: 56098, SQLERRMC: 2;-204;42704;JIRAUSER.USERBASE ... at com.opensymphony.user.provider.jdbc.JDBCCredentialsProvider.handles(JDBCCredentialsProvider.java:131)

Cause

The DB user provided for confluence retrieving information from JIRA's DB does not have sufficient security privileges.

Resolution

Provide the same user credentials used by Jira, which should have sufficient privileges and permissions.

Updated on April 8, 2025

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