UCM CQ on Linux and UNIX based platforms - user login credentials in plain text by ps -ef command after running certain UCM action

Symptom

User name and password are made available to any user on Linux or UNIX based systems after certain UCM operation, simply by running ps -ef, listing of processes.

Linux Example:


[vobadmin@vobadmin]$ ps -ef
vobadmin xxxxxx 1 0 14:59 pts/0 00:00:00
/opt/rational/clearquest/linux_x86/bin/../../../common/java/jre/bin/java -cp opt/rational/clearquest/rcp/plugins/com.ibm.rational.clearquest.ucm.rcp_7.0.0/ucmrcp.jar com.ibm.rational.clearquest.ucm.cmdline.UCMCmdLine -cmd find -m 7.0.0 -d CQINT -u USERNAME -p USERPASSWORD -r



There are three scenarios that exhibit this behavior:

1. Invoke ClearCase Project Explorer on Linux or UNIX, select an activity and right click to display its properties.
2. Creating a new ClearQuest record from Project Explorer by doing a Right-click on a UCM-enabled stream, choose Properties -> Select the Views tab -> Select a view -> Select Properties -> Click Change -> Click New -> Select a record type and create a new ClearQuest record.
3. The last is a continuation of scenario 2. Once the ClearQuest record is created if you selected that new activity and did an Auto-Transition this would also trigger this behavior