IV17507: TACMD VIEWUSER COMMAND RETURNS DUPLICATES IN LISTS FOR AVAILABLE AND ALLOWED APPLICATIONS

IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.2 Fix Pack 9 (6.2.2-TIV-ITM-FP0009)

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• tacmd viewUser returns duplicates in the list of allowed and
  available applications
  
  RECREATE INSTRUCTIONS:
   Run tacmd viewUser and verify that the same application (Linux
   OS in this example) is returned twice:
  
    > tacmd viewuser -i testUser -u sysadmin -s localhost -a
      KUICVU001I Validating user credentials...
      User ID                  : testUser
      ....
      Applications :
      Allowed Applications     : Linux OS, Linux OS
      ....
      Available Applications   : <All Applications>, ... UNIX
                                 Logs, UNIX Logs, UNIX OS, UNIX
                                 OS, ...
  
  APPROVER:
   LG
  
  LOCAL FIX:
  N/A
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• The tacmd viewUser command returns duplicates in the list of
  allowed and available applications.
  
  
  The tacmd viewUser command returns duplicates in the list of
  allowed and available applications.
  
  Run tacmd viewUser and note that the same application (Linux
  OS in this example) is returned twice:
  
  > tacmd viewuser -i testUser -u sysadmin -s localhost -a
  KUICVU001I Validating user credentials...
  User ID                  : testUser
  ....
  Applications :
  Allowed Applications     : Linux OS, Linux OS
  ....
  Available Applications   : <All Applications>, ...  UNIX
  Logs, UNIX Logs, UNIX OS, UNIX
  OS, ...
  

Problem conclusion

• The command has been updated to filter out duplicates if
  present.
  
  The fix for this APAR is contained in the following maintenance
  packages:
    | fix pack | 6.2.2-TIV-ITM-FP0009
    | fix pack | 6.2.3-TIV-ITM-FP0002
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TEMS

• Fixed component ID

  5724C04MS

Applicable component levels

• R622 PSY

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