IBM Platform Symphony 5.2 Interim Fix for #234521 Readme File

Abstract

Authentication fails in the MapReduce version 5.2 GUI when the LDAP security plug-in is enabled.

Description

1. When the LDAP security plug-in is enabled, the user can log on to PMC and view Symphony workload, but  the user cannot view MapReduce workload. Authentication error is reported in the security plug-in log at server side.

2. The workaround for the issue is to add the env parameter ˇ°EGO_SEC_PLUGIN_FOR_SOAM=sec_ego_ext_ldapˇ± in the file $EGO_CONFDIR/ego.conf and then restart the cluster.

This fix addresses the following issue:

Authentication fails in the MapReduce version 5.2 GUI when the LDAP security plug-in is enabled. Authentication should be successful if the user is already logged on to the PMC.

Readme file for: IBM® Platform Symphony

Product/Component Release: 5.2

Update Name: Interim Fix 234521

Fix ID: sym-5.2-build234521

Publication date: 23 May 2014

Last modified date: 23 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#P100434

2.   Download Location

Download Fix 234521 from the following location: http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/ 

3.   Products or components affected 

Product/Component Name, Platform, Fix ID:

Platform Symphony/PMC, Linux 64-bit, sym-5.2-build234521

4.   Installation and configuration

4.1        Before installation 

1.     Stop the service WEBGUI.

Log on to the master host as the cluster administrator and run:

> egosh service stop WEBGUI

4.2        Installation steps 

1.    Remove the env parameter ˇ°EGO_SEC_PLUGIN_FOR_SOAM=sec_ego_ext_ldapˇ± from ego.conf if it is set.

2.    Log on to master and each management host and back up the following binary file that will be replaced by this patch:

> $EGO_TOP/gui/ego/1.2.6/lib/linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/libVEMApiCommonNewGUI.so

3.    Patch to the master and each management host.

4.3          After installation 

1.     Start the service WEBGUI.

Log on to the master and each management host as the cluster administrator and run:

C:\> egosh service start WEBGUI

4.4          Uninstallation 

1.     Stop the service WEBGUI.

Log on to the master host as the cluster administrator and run:

C:\> egosh service stop WEBGUI

2.       Uninstall.

Restore the corresponding files in the patch.

3.     Start the service WEBGUI.

Log on to the master host as the cluster administrator and run:

C:\> egosh service start WEBGUI

5.   List of files

libVEMApiCommonNewGUI.so

 

6.   Copyright and trademark information

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2014

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