IBM Support

IJ28505: OPENING OR CLOSING PARENTHESIS NOT BEING ACCEPTED IN BIND_DN PASSWORD

Subscribe to this APAR

By subscribing, you receive periodic emails alerting you to the status of the APAR, along with a link to the fix after it becomes available. You can track this item individually or track all items by product.

Notify me when this APAR changes.

Notify me when an APAR for this component changes.

 

APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Opening or closing parenthesis not being
    accepted in bind_dn password
    

Local fix

  • Do not give '(' or ')' in the bind_dn password
    

Problem summary

  • Opening or closing parenthesis not being
    accepted in bind_dn password
    

Problem conclusion

  • Benefits of the solution:
    Opening and closing parenthesis being
    accepted in bind_dn password
    
    Work around:
    Do not give '(' or ')' in the bind_dn password
    
    Problem trigger:
    Giving '(' or ')' in the bind_dn password
    
    Symptom:  Error output/message
    
    Platforms affected: ALL Linux OS environments
    
    Functional Area affected: Authentication
    
    Customer Impact: Suggested
    
    Changed Externals: None
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IJ28505

  • Reported component name

    SPEC SCALE STD

  • Reported component ID

    5737F33AP

  • Reported release

    505

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2020-10-07

  • Closed date

    2020-10-07

  • Last modified date

    2020-10-07

  • 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

    SPEC SCALE STD

  • Fixed component ID

    5737F33AP

Applicable component levels

[{"Business Unit":{"code":"BU058","label":"IBM Infrastructure w\/TPS"},"Product":{"code":"STXKQY","label":"IBM Spectrum Scale"},"Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"505","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB26","label":"Storage"}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
08 October 2020