PM06913: Specifying an '?' (ampersand) in a password for the local admin user during installation does not work.

Rational Change 5.3

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Specifying an ampersand in a password for the local admin user
  during installation does not work and requires the password to
  be reset in the local_admin.xml file.
  
  Steps to Reproduce:
  
  1. Begin the installation of Change 5.2
  
  2. When asked to specify the Local Admin User, use a password
  that contains ? (ampersand).
  
  For example: password?123
  
  3. Complete the installation of Change.
  
  4. Start the Change server:
  
  ?CHANGE_HOME?/jetty/csctl.sh start
  
  5. Go to the Change Admin Log in Webpage:
  
  http://server:port/change/admin
  
  6. Attempt to log in as the Local Admin User.
  
  Note Error: Invalid User ID or Password
  
  
  Work Around:
  
  1. Go to the following directory on the server:
  
  ?CHANGE_HOME?/jetty/webapps/change/WEB-INF/wsconfig
  
  2. Edit the local_admin.xml file.
  
  3. Change the following line:
  
  ?password?xR3fOZlO7bQX4ZOQ/5ujrw==?/password?
  
  to:
  
  ?password-unencrypted?password?amp;123?/password-unencrypted?
  
  Note: ampersand needs to be encoded. To do this, ampersand needs
  to be followed by amp;
  
  4. Restart Change
  
  5. Log in as the local admin user.
  
  Note: Log in should be successful.
  
  
  Other notes:
  
  After successful log in, the local admin user can log in to the
  User interface and change the password to a new password that
  contains an ampersand successfully. This is not possible
  directly post installation as the CR Process Package is not
  installed.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  Specifying an '?' (amperstand) in a password for the local
  admin user during installation does not work.
  

Problem conclusion

• Fixed in Rational Change 5.3.
  

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

  TLOGIC CHANGE

• Fixed component ID

  5724V87CG

Applicable component levels

• R520 PSN

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