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Liferay exception on user creation com.liferay.portal.GroupFriendlyURLException

I created an user whit XXX username from java code.

Because it was done with wrong permission and I can't see it from web interface, I delete directly from database.

After that if I try to create the same user I got the following exeception:

 com.liferay.portal.GroupFriendlyURLException

What could gone wrong?

Solution

  • After some investigation I discover that:

    1. Store user info in USER_ table
    2. For each USER_ row there are a row in GROUP_ table, where personal sites url are
    3. On user cration Liferay use username to generate a friendly url
    4. this url have to be validated, and one rule is that must be unique

    My problem was that I deleted the USER_ row only, so whe I tried to recreate deleted user control on GROUP_ table failed.

    So I solved with:

    • GROUP_ row deletion (the one whit / on friendly url column)
    • Liferay restart