PM14430: CCRC will error with permission denied when defining a set of gr oups within CCRC when user is member of more than 32 groups

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• IBM Rational ClearCase Remote Client (CCRC) will error with perm
  ission denied when defining a set of groups within CCRC while th
  e user is a member or more than 32 groups
  
  
  This issue occurs when using ClearCase Change Management (CM) Se
  rver 7.1.1.1 on Microsoft Windows or Unix.
  
  Note:   The user account must be in greater than 32 groups to ex
  hibit the defect.
  
  
  To reproduce:
  
  1)  Create a user account named ?ccuser? and add the user to mor
  e than 33 groups.
  
  2)  Create a VOB as vobadm, with the Primary Group of the VOB be
  ing one of the secondary groups of user ccuser.
  
  3)  Add two or three additional groups to the newly created VOB
  from the additional group list for ccuser.
  
  4)  Protect several of the subdirectories within the VOB with th
  e additional groups added to the VOB, and reprotect (chmod) the
  directories as 770.  Note:  vobadm still owns the directories.
  
  5)  On the CCRC client or plugin, go to the following after star
  ting the client:
  
     Window -? Preferences -? Team -? ClearCase Remote Client -? G
  roups
  
         Now, specify the same additional groups that were used in
   step 4) above under the ?Additional ClearCase Groups? setting,
  and then define the ?ClearCase Primary Group? as the Primary Gro
  up of the VOB.
  
  6)  Make a new view and try to load one of the directories that
  were protected in step 4) above.
  
       Permission Denied is seen within the CCRC client and the di
  rectory will not load
  
  
  Workaround:  Reduce the number of groups to which the user is a
  member to 32 or less.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• CCRC returns a permission denied error for users belonging
  to more than 32 groups.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix is available in ClearCase version 7.1.1.2.
  

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

  CLEARCASE WIN

• Fixed component ID

  5724G2900

Applicable component levels

• R701 PSN

     UP