PK99273: URL MAPPINGS INTERFERENCE WITH FRIENDLY NAME RESOLUTION AND REDIRECTS

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• URLMappings may interfere with Friendly Name resolution so that
  a URLMapping is parsed but portal sends a redirect to an
  encoded URL to the same page instead of serving the URLMapping
  request
  directly.
  So a browser request to wps/myportal/URLMAPPING/ is incorrectly
  redirected to the same page with encoded URL:
  wps/myportal/!ut/p/...
  
  Traces for com.ibm.wps.engine.*=all show the following message,
  although no Friendly Name is present for the current page and
  URL:
  WPActionPhase 2 com.ibm.wps.engine.phases.WPActionPhase
  getFriendlyRedirectURL(req, resp, state, manager) A redirect is
  required, because the URL start with the friendly path [/<URL
  Mapping>] which does not match the path of [[ObjectIDImpl
  '6_...]].
  WPActionPhase < com.ibm.wps.engine.phases.WPActionPhase
  getFriendlyRedirectURL(req, resp, state, manager) RETURN
  /wps/myportal/!ut/p/c5/04_SB8K8...
  

Local fix

• NA
  

Problem summary

• URLMappings may interfere with Friendly Name resolution so
  that a URLMapping is parsed but portal sends a redirect to an
  encoded URL to the same page instead of serving the URLMapping
  request directly.
  So a browser request to wps/myportal/URLMAPPING/ is
  incorrectly redirected to the same page with encoded URL:
     wps/myportal/!ut/p/...
  

Problem conclusion

• The URL Mapping and FriendlyName resolution is corrected to not
  issue the redirect.
  
  Manual Steps:
     None
  
  Failing Module(s):
     Engine: URL Generation
  
  Affected Users:
     All users
  
  Version Information:
      Portal Version(s): 6.1.0.1
       Pre-Requisite(s): PK97514
        Co-Requisite(s): ---
  
      Portal Version(s): 6.1.0.2
       Pre-Requisite(s): PK97514
        Co-Requisite(s): ---
  
      Portal Version(s): 6.1.0.3
       Pre-Requisite(s):
        Co-Requisite(s): ---
  
  Platform Specific:
     This fix applies to all platforms.
  
  A fix is available from Fix Central:
  
  http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/fixcentral/swgquickorde
  r?apar=PK99273&productid=WebSphere%20Portal&brandid=5
  
  You may need to type or paste the complete address into your Web
  browser.
  

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

  WEBSPHERE PORTA

• Fixed component ID

  5724E7600

Applicable component levels

• R61A PSY

     UP

• R61B PSY

     UP