IV17514: TACMD EDITUSER -A COMMAND DO NOT RETURN ERROR WHEN AN INVALID APPLICATION IS ADDED

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

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• tacmd editUser -a is not returning an error when an invalid
  application is added to the list of allowed applications.
  
  RECREATE INSTRUCTIONS:
   Run the following cli to add a non existing application:
   > tacmd edituser -i myUser -p Applications="Linux OS,
     NotExistingApp" -f -s localhost -u sysadmin
     Password?
     KUICEU001I Validating user credentials...
     KUICEU002I The user cate has been successfully edited on the
                TEPS located at http://localhost:1920.
  
   On the other side if the NotExistingApp is specified as first
   item in the list of "-p" option an error is correctly shown
  
   > tacmd edituser -i myUser -p Applications="NotExistingApp" -f
     -s localhost -u sysadmin
    Password?
    KUICEU001I Validating user credentials...
    KUICEU010E The editUser command failed because the value
    specified for Application name is incorrect. Please refer to
    the e:\IBM\ITM\logs\UserAndGroupCLI_0.log for details.
  
  APPROVER:
   LG
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• The tacmd editUser -a command does not return an error when an
  invalid application is added.
  
  
  The tacmd editUser -a command does not return an error when an
  invalid application is added, for example:
  
  > tacmd editUser -i myUser -p Applications="Linux OS,
  NotExistingApp" -f -s localhost -u sysadmin
  Password?
  KUICEU001I Validating user credentials...
  KUICEU002I The user cate has been successfully edited on the
  TEPS located at http://localhost:1920.
  
  In this case however, if NotExistingApp is specified as first
  item in the "-p" option, an error is correctly shown:
  
  > tacmd editUser -i myUser -p Applications="NotExistingApp" -f
  -s localhost -u sysadmin
  Password?
  KUICEU001I Validating user credentials...
  KUICEU010E The editUser command failed because the value
  specified for Application name is incorrect.  Please refer to
  the e:\IBM\ITM\logs\UserAndGroupCLI_0.log for details.
  

Problem conclusion

• The command has been updated to properly raise an error if an
  invalid application is specified.
  
  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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