PI57830: WHEN USING THE ECLIPSE PLUGIN, ENTERING A USER ID OR PASSWORD INMIXED CASE IS LIKELY TO RESULT IN AUTHENTICATION ERRORS

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In an environment where the security manager is not configured
  to handle mixed case user IDs and passwords, entering a user ID
  or passwords in mixed case for server authentication will result
  in authentication failures. Prior to applying this APAR,
  circumvention is to manually enter both user ID and password in
  all uppercase.
  
  Summary of changes
  
  Eclipse plugin converts user names to uppercase before sending
  down to Connection Server authentication
  The server checks environment configuration to determine whether
  mixed case passwords are appropriate. If mixed-case passwords
  are not enabled, passwords are submitted in uppercase.
  
  User action
  1.  Apply PTF
  2.  Follow the plugin installation or upgrade instructions in
      FUWREAD.
  

Local fix

• Manually enter both user ID and password in all uppercase.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All Transaction Analysis Workbench           *
  *                 Version 1 Release 3 users                    *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: When using the Eclipse plugin, entering *
  *                      a user ID/password in mixed case is     *
  *                      likely to result in authentication      *
  *                      errors.                                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  In an environment where the security manager is not configured
  to handle mixed case user IDs and passwords, entering a user ID
  or passwords in mixed case for server authentication will result
  in authentication failures. Prior to applying this APAR,
  circumvention is to manually enter both user ID and
  password in all uppercase.
  

Problem conclusion

• Eclipse plugin converts user names to uppercase before sending
  down to Connection Server authentication.
  
  The server checks environment configuration to determine
  whether mixed case passwords are appropriate. If mixed-case
  passwords are not enabled, passwords are submitted in
  uppercase.
  

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:

  UI36382

Modules/Macros

•    FUWEPR   FUWREAD
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  IBM TRANS ANALY

• Fixed component ID

  5697P3700

Applicable component levels

• R130 PSY UI36382

     UP16/03/23 P F603

Fix is available

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