IV78188: REDUCE MAX TIMEOUT IN TACMD LOGIN COMMAND

IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0 Fix Pack 7 (6.3.0-TIV-ITM-FP0007)

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Introduce environment variable to disable option -t in tacmd
  login command, so the timeout is fixed at 15 minutes.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• The maximum timeout that an administrator can specify with the
  -t option in the tacmd login command may result too high for
  some customer security policies. This APAR introduces the
  possibility to reduce the maximum timeout to only 15 minutes in
  a centralized way.
  
  In order for this APAR to be properly implemented in your
  environment, a new environment variable,
  TACMD_LOGIN_REDUCED_TIMEOUT,  must be set on your HUB TEMS.
  Allowed values Y/YES. When this setting is in effect an error is
  returned by the tacmd login command if a value greater than 15
  is specified in the -t option.
  

Problem conclusion

• The code as been changed to provide this new functionality.
  
  
  Install Actions:
  ----------------
  In order for this APAR to be properly implemented in your
  environment, a new environment variable,
  TACMD_LOGIN_REDUCED_TIMEOUT, must be set on your HUB TEMS.
  Allowed values Y/YES.  When this setting is in effect an error
  is returned by the tacmd login command if a value greater than
  15 (minutes) is specified in the -t option.
  
  
  The fix for this APAR is contained in the following maintenance
  packages:
  
    | fix pack | 6.3.0-TIV-ITM-FP0007
  

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

• R630 PSY

     UP

• R610 PSN

     UP

• R620 PSN

     UP

• R621 PSN

     UP

• R622 PSN

     UP

• R623 PSN

     UP