IBM Platform Symphony 5.1 Interim Fix 234414 Readme File

Abstract

The egosh user ... command accepts special characters that can fail the Symphony authentication function.

 

Description

When the user adds new accounts by running the egosh user … command, egosh does not handle special characters, which can cause issues.

Readme file for: IBM® Platform Symphony

Product/Component Release: 5.1

Update Name: Interim Fix 234414

Fix ID: sym-5.1-build234414

Publication date: 13 May 2014

Last modified date: 13 May 2014

Contents:

1.     List of fixes

2.     Download location

3.     Products or components affected

4.     Installation and configuration

5.     List of files

6.     Copyright and trademark information 

1.   List of fixes

APAR#P100432: The egosh user ... command accepts special characters that can fail the Symphony authentication function.

2.   Download Location

Download Interim Fix 234414 from the following location: http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/ 

3.   Products or components affected 

Product/Component Name, Platform, Fix ID:

Platform Symphony/egosh, Linux 64-bit, sym-5.1-build234414

4.   Known limitations

      N/A

5.   Installation and configuration

5.1          Before installation 

1.    Back up the file.

Log on to each management host and compute host, and back up the following file that will be replaced by this fix:

> $EGO_TOP/1.2.5/linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/bin/egosh

 

5.2          Installation steps 

1.      Apply the fix.

Log on to each management host and compute host, and replace old files with the downloaded one in the following directory:

> $EGO_TOP/1.2.5/linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/bin/egosh

 

5.3          After installation 

1.   Verify the installation.

For example, run:

> egosh -V

The following is an example output:

IBM Platform EGO 1.2.5.234414, May 07 2014

Copyright Platform Computing Inc., an IBM company, 1996-2009, 2012.

 

binary type: linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64
notes:
fixes:

 

5.4          Uninstallation 

1.     Restore the backup file.

Log on to each management host and compute host, and restore the backup file for the following file:

> $EGO_TOP/1.2.5/linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/bin/egosh

 

6.   List of files

egosh

 

7.   Copyright and trademark information

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2014

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