PM47434: Rational Clearcase on Unix does not downcase usernames for Flex/LM licenses

Rational ClearCase Fix Pack (7.1.2.5) for version 7.1.2
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack (8.0.0.1) for version 8.0
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 14 (7.1.2.14) for 7.1.2
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 11 (8.0.0.11) for 8.0
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 12 (8.0.0.12) for 8.0
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 15 (7.1.2.15) for 7.1.2
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 13 (8.0.0.13) for 8.0
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 16 (7.1.2.16) for 7.1.2
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 17 (7.1.2.17) for 7.1.2
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 14 (8.0.0.14) for 8.0
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 18 (7.1.2.18) for 7.1.2
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 15 (8.0.0.15) for 8.0
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 19 (7.1.2.19) for 7.1.2
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 16 (8.0.0.16) for 8.0
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 17 (8.0.0.17) for 8.0
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 18 (8.0.0.18) for 8.0
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 19 (8.0.0.19) for 8.0
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 20 (8.0.0.20) for 8.0
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 21 (8.0.0.21) for 8.0

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When using IBM Rational ClearCase with Rational Common Licensing
  (Flex/LM) in an interop configuration with Microsoft Windows and
  Unix hosts, users may consume multiple licenses if the UNIX
  usernames contain mixed case.
  
  According to
  https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21307169
  this issue was resolved for cases where the Windows usernames
  used mixed case. However, the automatic-lowercase of the OS user
  names was not done in the Unix license client.
  
  The only workaround is currently to rename all UNIX usernames to
  be fully-lowercase. When pulling user ID information from an
  LDAP repository, this could be an impractical alternative.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  When using IBM Rational ClearCase with Rational Common
  Licensing (Flex/LM) in an interop configuration with
  Microsoft Windows and Unix hosts, users may consume multiple
  licenses if the UNIX usernames contain mixed case.
  
  According to
  https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21307169
  this issue was resolved for cases where the Windows
  usernames used mixed case. However, the automatic-lowercase
  of the OS user names was not done in the Unix license
  client.
  
  The only workaround is currently to rename all UNIX
  usernames to be fully-lowercase. When pulling user ID
  information from an LDAP repository, this could be an
  impractical alternative.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix is available in ClearCase versions 7.1.2.5 and 8.0.0.1
  

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

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