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DavidV
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4/11/2015 11:21 PM
    Our server team created a VM with 2012 R2.   SharePoint 2013 and SQL Server 2012 have been installed on the server.  Do I need to tell them to rebuild the VM using Server 2012?   I went ahead and tried the Ming.le Foundation Core install and got to the point where it asks for Infor Ming.le Foundation Configruation.  Provide the information related to the Infor Ming.le Foundation.  It asks for a user name(domain\user):. By default it populated the spInstall account.   I gave it the proper password but all it does is give me an alert box: Please enter a valid user password.  -- I know I have the proper credentials, but I still get this message. Is this 2012 R2 taking a bite?  I tried a mingle service account and got the same message.   Should I be using the spInstall account or a generic mingle service account we created?  Do I need to install DSP first? 
    Carl.Seay
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    4/12/2015 12:57 AM
      We've installed Ming.le on 2012 R2. You've already passed the work around parts, by getting SharePoint and SQL Server installed. When running the configuration you'll want to enter the domain SPFarm user. You will need to install DSP before installing the S3 Plugin.
      DavidV
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      4/14/2015 12:32 AM
        Great so Ming.le Foundation should work on 2012 R2.  So now I need to figure out why the credentials for the configuration section of the install keep failing.  I tried the spfarm account but I get the same message: Please enter a valid user password.  I can't figure out where the credentials are failing.  The spfarm account is part of the admin group on the server.  Given it's asking for the domain you would expect it to authenticate to AD.   But is the initial ming.le foundation core install authenticating someplace else?  Do I need to add the account to SQL server DB as a login and/or do I need to create an LSA account for the spfarm account? 
        Carl.Seay
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        4/15/2015 11:54 AM
          Not yet: The install will automatically create SPFarm as a user in the database, and you'll create SPFarm as a Lawson user as part of the DSP / Plugin procedure. The Ming.le Configuration should be authenticating to AD. I have not had an issue there.

          You might want to log into the server using SPFarm, just to verify the account is not locked or anything.
          DavidV
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          4/16/2015 1:07 AM

            Thank you.  I can connect to the server using the spfarm account.  Everything in sharepoint seems ok.  But I still get the error: Please enter a valid user password. When prompted for a domain\user account during the ming.le foundation configuration install.  I saw a knowledgebase article that stated this:In SharePoint check if user SPFarm is in part of the Farm Administrators, and also Service Accounts (under Security).   - I checked the account and it is part of the "Farm Administrators".   Not sure which service accounts should be managed by the spfarm account.   Some of them are, but others are managed by the spservices account.  Would you happen to know which ones I need to managed by the spfarm account?

             

            DavidV
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            4/16/2015 12:30 PM

              Here are the components we have managed by the farm account.  Not sure this is the issue.  Still don't under why it can't authenticate to AD from the mingle foundation install wizard.  I'm afraid it's an 2012 R2 issue?  I can log into the sharepoint central management using the farm account.

               

              Farm components using this account

              Farm Account
              Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Sandboxed Code Service
              Distributed Cache
              Security Token Service Application
              Application Discovery and Load Balancer Service Application
              DavidV
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              4/16/2015 8:04 PM
                The latest Ming.le Foundation install and configuration guide for AD says 2012 R2 is supported for Ming.le Foundation 11.1.5 which is what I'm installing.  I went through all the steps again and can't find anything wrong.   My guess is along with validating AD it's also validating Site Collection privileges?  The site has a title of "LawMingle" and Description of "Lawson Infor Ming.le Site"  and the administrator is the spinstall account.  I added spfarm as the secondary administrator and that didn't help.   
                Carl.Seay
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                4/16/2015 8:45 PM
                  I have seen where something went wrong on the SharePoint install and permissions were incorrect.

                  To confirm, you were logged into the server as SPInstall when installing, entered SPFarm during the install, then added SPServices as a managed service account when creating the web app?

                  If you decide to start over, which may be easier at this point, I can send you some notes on ensuring everything is clean after the uninstall.
                  DavidV
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                  4/16/2015 9:06 PM
                    You'd do that for me?  That would be great.   I'll use it to verify what I have installed now, but yeah, that was my next step.  Start over.  
                    DavidV
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                    4/21/2015 7:20 PM

                      I un-installed 2013 and started over.  I'm back at the same point as before.  Same message:

                      DavidV
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                      4/24/2015 6:27 PM

                        Lawson global support came through.  For some reason when prompted for the infor ming.le foundation config credentials and entering the domain and login it was trying to do local authentication.  We could see it in the customutils_log.txt file in the ming.le destination folder:

                        4/24/2015 2:45 PM Error : ValidateWindowsUser() - Trying to validate against the local computer The server cannot handle directory requests.
                        4/24/2015 2:45 PM Error : ValidateWindowsUser() - Trying to validate against the local computer The network path was not found.

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                        So he started the certmgr on the sharepoint server logged in as the spinstall account and under current user certificates for the spinstall account changed the certificate purposes from "enable all purpose for this certificate" to "disable all purposes for this certificate"  -- Went back to the configuration wizard and using the spinstall credentials clicked next and it worked.    

                        I have to give Lawson support credit for that one.