PI24446: CONNECTING TO APPCENTER WITH A LOG-IN NAME DIFFERENT BY CASE SENSETIVE FROM THE LOG IN NAME DEFINED IN LDAP RESULT IN ERROR

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When a user connects from the Appcenter mobile client with a
  login name that is in a different case than the one defined in
  the LDAP entry
  (so for example login from the client in lower case while it is
  defined in upper case in LDAP) a NPE occurs in the AppCenter
  services.
  This can result in the following error message
  "Server error. contact the server administrator " and empty
  AppCenter list will be shown .
  
  Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
      at
  com.ibm.puremeap.resources.data.impl.FavoriteApplicationHelper.a
  reFavoriteApplicationsForPrincipal(FavoriteApplicationHelper.jav
  a:442)
      at
  com.ibm.puremeap.resources.data.impl.FavoriteApplicationHelper.g
  etAreFavoriteApplicationsForPrincipal(FavoriteApplicationHelper.
  java:408)
  
  Reason is that the LDAP login name attribute can be case
  insensitive and this login name is stored in the AppCenter
  database but the principal
  contains the value of the login name entered on the mobile
  client.
  So this principal is not found in the database if its value is
  not identical with the one defined in LDAP.
  
  Problem doesn't occur if the LDAP login name attribute is case
  sensitive.
  
  Additional Keywords :
  Appcenter,LDAP,
  
  Versions affected:
  6.x
  
  Initial impact :
  Low
  

Local fix

• Log in the AppCenter client mobile with a user name having
  exactly the same case than the one defined in LDAP.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Users connecting on a mobile to Application Center with the  *
  * Application Center client.                                   *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * When a user connects from the Application Center mobile      *
  * client with a login name that is in a different case than    *
  * the one defined in the LDAP entry (so for example login from *
  * the client in lower case while it is defined in upper case   *
  * in LDAP) a NullPointer execption occurs in the Application   *
  * Center server part and the mobile client receives a server   *
  * error; so the connection fails:                              *
  *                                                              *
  * Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException                    *
  *     at                                                       *
  * com.ibm.puremeap.resources.data.impl.FavoriteApplicationHelp *
  * er.areFavoriteApplicationsForPrincipal(FavoriteApplicationHe *
  * lper.java:442)                                               *
  *     at                                                       *
  * com.ibm.puremeap.resources.data.impl.FavoriteApplicationHelp *
  * er.getAreFavoriteApplicationsForPrincipal(FavoriteApplicatio *
  * nHelper.java:408)                                            *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * -                                                            *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• The code was modified so that the user name is always converted
  to the form that is stored in LDAP.
  

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

  WORKLIGHT ENTER

• Fixed component ID

  5725I4300

Applicable component levels

• R610 PSY

     UP

• R620 PSY

     UP