What gives the "system" user permission to create topic://ActiveMQ.Advisory.Connection? Without this ActiveMQ will not start. (Working with 5.5.1 since 5.6.0 is a jump requiring further testing.)
I'm getting this error (all pasted text munged slightly to obfuscate things): 2012-06-18 17:35:46,941 | DEBUG | Error occured while processing sync command: ConnectionInfo {commandId = 1, responseRequired = true, connectionId = ID:upuppet-01.lab.me.ca-56804-1340055346339-2:1, clientId = ID:upuppet.me-56804-1340055346339-3:1, userName = system, password = *****, brokerPath = null, brokerMasterConnector = false, manageable = true, clientMaster = true, faultTolerant = false}, exception: java.lang.SecurityException: User system is not authorized to create: topic://ActiveMQ.Advisory.Connection | org.apache.activemq.broker.TransportConnection.Service | ActiveMQ Transport: tcp:///127.0.0.1:50328 The system user is in the admin and users groups. This is my plugin config: <authorizationPlugin> <map> <bean xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" id="lDAPAuthorizationMap" class="org.apache.activemq.security.LDAPAuthorizationMap"> <property name="initialContextFactory" value="com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory"/> <property name="connectionURL" value="ldap://ldap.me:389"/> <property name="authentication" value="simple"/> <property name="connectionUsername" value="cn=mqbroker,ou=services,o=me"/> <property name="connectionPassword" value="me"/> <property name="connectionProtocol" value="s"/> <property name="topicSearchMatchingFormat" value="cn={0},ou=Topic,ou=Destination,ou=ActiveMQ,ou=systems,o=me"/> <property name="topicSearchSubtreeBool" value="true"/> <property name="queueSearchMatchingFormat" value="cn={0},ou=Queue,ou=Destination,ou=ActiveMQ,ou=systems,o=me"/> <property name="queueSearchSubtreeBool" value="true"/> <property name="adminBase" value="(cn=admin)"/> <property name="adminAttribute" value="member"/> <!-- <property name="adminAttributePrefix" value="cn="/> --> <property name="readBase" value="(cn=read)"/> <property name="readAttribute" value="member"/> <!-- <property name="readAttributePrefix" value="cn="/> --> <property name="writeBase" value="(cn=write)"/> <property name="writeAttribute" value="member"/> <!-- <property name="writeAttributePrefix" value="cn="/> --> </bean> </map> </authorizationPlugin> These are the advisory topic configs I have right now (I thought .> meant access to the namespace?): # ActiveMQ.Advisory.>, topic, destination, activemq, systems, me dn: cn=ActiveMQ.Advisory.>,ou=topic,ou=destination,ou=activemq,ou=systems,o=me cn: ActiveMQ.Advisory.> description: user access to advisory topics objectClass: applicationProcess # read, ActiveMQ.Advisory.>, topic, destination, activemq, systems, me dn: cn=read,cn=ActiveMQ.Advisory.>,ou=topic,ou=destination,ou=activemq,ou=systems,o=me cn: read member: cn=users objectClass: groupOfNames # write, ActiveMQ.Advisory.>, topic, destination, activemq, systems, me dn: cn=write,cn=ActiveMQ.Advisory.>,ou=topic,ou=destination,ou=activemq,ou=systems,o=me cn: write member: cn=users objectClass: groupOfNames # admin, ActiveMQ.Advisory.>, topic, destination, activemq, systems, me dn: cn=admin,cn=ActiveMQ.Advisory.>,ou=topic,ou=destination,ou=activemq,ou=systems,o=me cn: admin member: cn=users objectClass: groupOfNames # ActiveMQ.Advisory.Connection, topic, destination, activemq, systems, me dn: cn=ActiveMQ.Advisory.Connection,ou=topic,ou=destination,ou=activemq,ou=systems,o=me cn: ActiveMQ.Advisory.Connection description: user access to advisory topics objectClass: applicationProcess # read, ActiveMQ.Advisory.Connection, topic, destination, activemq, systems, me dn: cn=read,cn=ActiveMQ.Advisory.Connection,ou=topic,ou=destination,ou=activemq,ou=systems,o=me cn: read member: cn=admin objectClass: groupOfNames # write, ActiveMQ.Advisory.Connection, topic, destination, activemq, systems, me dn: cn=write,cn=ActiveMQ.Advisory.Connection,ou=topic,ou=destination,ou=activemq,ou=systems,o=me cn: write member: cn=admin objectClass: groupOfNames # admin, ActiveMQ.Advisory.Connection, topic, destination, activemq, systems, me dn: cn=admin,cn=ActiveMQ.Advisory.Connection,ou=topic,ou=destination,ou=activemq,ou=systems,o=me cn: admin member: cn=admin objectClass: groupOfNames