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Updated FAQ to add variant of "redirecting to entry point" debug message when no AnonymousProcessingFilter is in use and an AuthenticationCredentialsNotFoundException is thrown instead of AccessDeniedException.

Luke Taylor 17 years ago
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@@ -148,6 +148,22 @@ org.springframework.security.AccessDeniedException: Access is denied
     			</p>
     		</answer>
     	</faq>
+    	<faq id="auth-exception-credentials-not-found">
+    		<question>I get an exception with the message "An Authentication object was not found in the SecurityContext". What's wrong?</question>
+    		<answer>
+    			<p>
+    				This is a another debug level message which occurs the first time an anonymous user attempts to access a protected
+    				resource, but when you do not have an AnonymousProcessingFilter in your filter chain configuration.
+    				<pre>
+    					DEBUG [ExceptionTranslationFilter] - Authentication exception occurred; redirecting to authentication entry point
+    					org.springframework.security.AuthenticationCredentialsNotFoundException: An Authentication object was not found in the SecurityContext
+    					at org.springframework.security.intercept.AbstractSecurityInterceptor.credentialsNotFound(AbstractSecurityInterceptor.java:342)
+    					at org.springframework.security.intercept.AbstractSecurityInterceptor.beforeInvocation(AbstractSecurityInterceptor.java:254)
+    				</pre>
+    				It is normal and shouldn't be anything to worry about.
+    			</p>
+    		</answer>
+    	</faq>    	
     	<faq id="tomcat-https-session">
     		<question>
     			I'm using Tomcat and have enabled HTTPS for my login page, switching back to HTTP afterwards. It doesn't work - I just