PI82111: FEDERATED REPOSITORIES FAILS TO CHANGE PASSWORD WHEN JRE IS JAVA 8.

Fixes are available

APAR status

Closed as program error.

Error description

When running on Java 8, Federated Repositories will fail to
update user password in Active Directory

Local fix

Problem summary

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* USERS AFFECTED:  IBM WebSphere Application Server users of   *
*                  federated repositories                      *
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: When running on Java 8, Federated       *
*                      Repositories will fail to update user   *
*                      password in Active Directory            *
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* RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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In the Java 8 release, the JRE was updated to use NIO
converters instead of IO converters, which were removed. The IO
converters handled the endian-ness based on the platform. When
moving to NIO, the Java specification was corrected to give
consistent behavior (big endian) for all platforms when using
the "UNICODE" charset.
The specification for encoding for the "unicodepwd" attribute
requires it to be little-endian. Therefore, it can be
expected, that on all little-endian platforms attempting to
change a password will result in a OperationNotSupported /
WILL_NOT_PEFORM exception being returned from Active Directory
Server.
[28/4/17 10:19:21:447 SGT] 00000164 LdapConnectio 1
com.ibm.ws.wim.adapter.ldap.LdapConnection
modifyAttributes(Name name, ModificationItem[] mods) Exception
caught:
javax.naming.OperationNotSupportedException: [LDAP: error code
53 - 0000001F: SvcErr: DSID-031A1248, problem 5003
(WILL_NOT_PERFORM), data 0
\u0000]; remaining name 'CN=rand,OU=Stephani,dc=pimqa,dc=local'
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.mapErrorCode(LdapCtx.java:3220)
at
com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.processReturnCode(LdapCtx.java:3093)
at
com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.processReturnCode(LdapCtx.java:2900)
at
com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.c_modifyAttributes(LdapCtx.java:1487)
at
com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.ComponentDirContext.p_modifyAttributes(
ComponentDirContext.java:289)
at
com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.PartialCompositeDirContext.modifyAttrib
utes(PartialCompositeDirContext.java:204)
at
org.apache.aries.jndi.DelegateContext.modifyAttributes(DelegateC
ontext.java:287)
at
javax.naming.directory.InitialDirContext.modifyAttributes(Initia
lDirContext.java:183)
at
com.ibm.ws.wim.adapter.ldap.LdapConnection.modifyAttributes(Ldap
Connection.java:2426)
at
com.ibm.ws.wim.adapter.ldap.LdapAdapter.updateByDataGraph(LdapAd
apter.java:1328)
at
com.ibm.ws.wim.adapter.ldap.LdapAdapter.update(LdapAdapter.java:
1476)
at
com.ibm.ws.wim.ProfileManager.updateImpl(ProfileManager.java:343
4)
at
com.ibm.ws.wim.ProfileManager.genericProfileManagerMethod(Profil
eManager.java:354)
at
com.ibm.ws.wim.ProfileManager.update(ProfileManager.java:439)
at
com.ibm.websphere.wim.ServiceProvider.update(ServiceProvider.jav
a:498)
.....

Problem conclusion

Updated the encoding for the "unicodepwd" attribute value to
always use the "UTF-16LE" charset to ensure it is always
little-endian.

The fix for this APAR is currently targeted for inclusion in
fix packs 8.0.0.14, 8.5.5.13 and 9.0.0.5.  Please refer to the
Recommended Updates page for delivery information:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg27004980

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

APAR number
PI82111
Reported component name
WEBSPHERE APP S
Reported component ID
5724J0800
Reported release
850
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt / Xsystem
Submitted date
2017-05-24
Closed date
2017-06-05
Last modified date
2017-06-05

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
WEBSPHERE APP S
Fixed component ID
5724J0800

Applicable component levels

R800 PSY
UP
R850 PSY
UP
R900 PSY
UP

[{"Business Unit":{"code":"BU059","label":"IBM Software w\/o TPS"},"Product":{"code":"SSEQTP","label":"WebSphere Application Server"},"Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"8.5","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB45","label":"Automation"}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
03 May 2022

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PI82111: FEDERATED REPOSITORIES FAILS TO CHANGE PASSWORD WHEN JRE IS JAVA 8.

Fixes are available

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APAR status

Closed as program error.

Error description

Local fix

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

APAR number

Reported component name

Reported component ID

Reported release

Status

PE

HIPER

Special Attention

Submitted date

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Last modified date

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

Fixed component ID

Applicable component levels

R800 PSY

R850 PSY

R900 PSY

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