Shibboleth 3.0.4 SP External Authentication Handler problem

[Rod Widdowson]

For the avoidance of doubt there is *nothing* in the log before this message.

>  Oct 25 11:27:02 localhost shibd: shibd: /usr/include/boost/smart_ptr/scoped_ptr.hpp:99: T*
 > boost::scoped_ptr<T>::operator->() const [with T = shibsp::ResolutionContext]: Assertion `px != 0' failed.

That would be extra-ordinarily strange.  

Did you try turning up the logging as I suggested?
> You should also set Shibboleth.Handler.ExternalAuth to DEBUG to trace why the attribute resolution went wrong. 

shibd.logger in case you'd missed it

Rod