I’m getting the following error when trying to allow Active Directory group
permission in Hudson. It seems to happen when the group name is resolved against AD.

Status Code: 500
Exception:
Stacktrace:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at
hudson.plugins.active_directory.ActiveDirectoryAuthenticationProvider.retrieveUser(ActiveDirectoryAuthenticationProvider.java:100)
at
hudson.plugins.active_directory.ActiveDirectoryAuthenticationProvider.loadUserByUsername(ActiveDirectoryAuthenticationProvider.java:61)
at hudson.security.SecurityRealm.loadUserByUsername(SecurityRealm.java:197)
at
hudson.security.GlobalMatrixAuthorizationStrategy$DescriptorImpl$1.check(GlobalMatrixAuthorizationStrategy.java:261)
at hudson.util.FormFieldValidator.process(FormFieldValidator.java:135)
at
hudson.security.GlobalMatrixAuthorizationStrategy$DescriptorImpl.doCheckName(GlobalMatrixAuthorizationStrategy.java:249)
at
hudson.security.GlobalMatrixAuthorizationStrategy$DescriptorImpl.doCheckName(GlobalMatrixAuthorizationStrategy.java:244)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function$InstanceFunction.invoke(Function.java:156)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvoke(Function.java:76)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$1.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:73)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:30)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:438)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$12.dispatch(MetaClass.java:313)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:438)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$4.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:145)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:30)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:438)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:356)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.service(Stapler.java:116)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:45)
at winstone.ServletConfiguration.execute(ServletConfiguration.java:249)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.forward(RequestDispatcher.java:335)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:378)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:91)
at
org.jvnet.hudson.plugins.greenballs.GreenBallFilter.doFilter(GreenBallFilter.java:38)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:94)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:83)
at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:195)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:368)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:84)
at
hudson.security.UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.doFilter(UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.java:51)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at
org.acegisecurity.ui.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:166)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at
org.acegisecurity.providers.anonymous.AnonymousProcessingFilter.doFilter(AnonymousProcessingFilter.java:125)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at
org.acegisecurity.ui.rememberme.RememberMeProcessingFilter.doFilter(RememberMeProcessingFilter.java:142)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at
org.acegisecurity.ui.AbstractProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractProcessingFilter.java:271)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at
org.acegisecurity.ui.basicauth.BasicProcessingFilter.doFilter(BasicProcessingFilter.java:173)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at
org.acegisecurity.context.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.java:249)
at
hudson.security.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.java:66)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:76)
at hudson.security.HudsonFilter.doFilter(HudsonFilter.java:155)
at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:195)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:368)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.forward(RequestDispatcher.java:333)
at winstone.RequestHandlerThread.processRequest(RequestHandlerThread.java:244)
at winstone.RequestHandlerThread.run(RequestHandlerThread.java:150)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)