Beware : GetHTTPHeader in domcfg.nsf

We have been having a problem on our server that has been causeing it to crash http then the server itself. We narrowed it down to a password reset we have that changes the the users person doc with a new password and then requires a password change on first logon after the change. We discovered that onload og the changepassword form in domcfg.nsf causes the crash. We have a customised form with a computed text field with @GetHTTPHeader(“Host”) in it. Taking this out the form stopped crashing the http and server.

We duplicated the form in another db and it worked fine.

It seems that if a user is forced to change their password on first logon and you are using a customised password change form with the formulae in it it will crash the system.

So be careful.

Subject: Beware : GetHTTPHeader in domcfg.nsf

Have you reported this to Lotus Support?

Subject: RE: Beware : GetHTTPHeader in domcfg.nsf

Yes this has been reported. In fact we have been having problems for a number of months, which we think is a memory leak in the HTTP server/JVM. We have been to fro with IBM with no concrete solutions. This is one (of which we think are many) issues we just found that can bring the server down to its knees immediately.