OA38003: HOD WHEN MODIFYING SESSION PROPERTIES USINT THE DEPLOYMENT WIZARD, THE SSOTYPE CHANGES TO WEBEXPRESSLOGON

Rational Host On-Demand 11.0.4
Rational Host On-Demand 11.0.9
Rational Host On-Demand 11.0.11
Rational Host On-Demand 11.0.10

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• If you create a page with an ftp session and make no
  changes to
  the properies, the ssoType directive is not in the cfgx.cf file.
  
  When you start the session you get prompted for a destination
  address which opens the properties.
  Once anything is changed in the properties, the ssoType gets set
  to WebExpressLogon even if not using WEL. Then the next time the
  ftp session is started, an error message is presented:
  "Web Express Logon failed with the following error WELM014A. A
  malformed URL was specified for the Credential Mapper Server
  Address." Click ok and get prompted for userID and PW, then it
  continues to logon and work.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users who define properties for an           *
  *                 FTP-sftp session using the Deployment        *
  *                 Wizard                                       *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: After defining properties for an        *
  *                      FTP-sftp session in the Deployment      *
  *                      Wizard, the Express Logon field         *
  *                      (ssoType in cfgx.cf) defaults to 'Web   *
  *                      Express Logon' instead of 'None',       *
  *                      resulting in an error when starting     *
  *                      the session.                            *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  If an FTP-sftp session is created in the Deployment Wizard
  without configuring its properties, the Express Logon field
  correctly defaults to 'None'.  (ssoType is not in the cfgx.cf
  file.)  However, updating the session properties causes the
  Express Logon value to change to 'Web Express Logon'.
  (ssoType is 'ssoWebExpressLogon' in the cfgx.cf file.)  When
  starting the session, user could then get the message, "Web
  Express Logon failed with the following error WELM014A. A
  malformed URL was specified for the Credential Mapper Server
  Address."
  

Problem conclusion

• HOD code retrieves the values of the Express Logon property in
  a Java Enumeration.  The problem is that the enumeration
  contains values in different order depending on the version of
  the IBM JRE being used by the HOD server.  If 'Web Express
  Logon' is returned as the first value, it is erroneously used
  as the default instead of 'None'.  Since HOD cannot alter
  values in enumerations (access is private to the Java code),
  it will no longer use Java enumerations when retrieving these
  property values.  Added code to retrieve them in a different
  way, ensuring that 'None' is the default.
  
  Fix is scheduled to be available in HOD 11.0.4 Refresh pack
  

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

  HOD MVS

• Fixed component ID

  5733A5900

Applicable component levels

• RB00 PSY

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