IBM® Security Identity Adapter for UNIX and Linux 7.1.45 - Release notes
IBM Security Identity Adapter for UNIX and Linux 7.1.45 is available. Compatibility, installation, and other getting-started issues are addressed.
Installation and Configuration Notes
Customizing or Extending Adapter Features
These Release Notes contain information for the following products that was not available when the IBM Security Identity Server manuals were printed:
· UNIX and Linux Adapter Installation and Configuration Guide
· UNIX and Linux Adapter User Guide
The IBM Security Identity Adapter for UNIX and Linux is designed to create and manage accounts on AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, RedHat and SUSE Linux systems. The adapter runs in "agentless" mode and communicates using Secure Shell (SSH) to the systems being managed.
IBM recommends this adapter (and the prerequisite Security Directory Integrator) be installed on each node of an IBM Security Identity Server WebSphere cluster. A single copy of the adapter can handle multiple IBM Security Identity Server services. The deployment configuration is based, in part, on the topology of your network domain, but the primary factor is the planned structure of your IBM Security Identity Server Provisioning Policies and Approval Workflow process. Please refer the IBM Knowledge Centre for a discussion of these topics.
IBM Security Identity adapters are powerful tools that require Administrator Level authority. Adapters operate much like a human system administrator, creating accounts, permissions and home directories. Operations requested from IBM Security Identity Server will fail if the adapter is not given sufficient authority to perform the requested task. IBM recommends that this adapter run with administrative (root) permissions.
The ability to manage service groups is a new feature introduced in Tivoli Identity Manager 5.1. By service groups, IBM Security Identity Server is referring to any logical entity that can group accounts together on the managed resource.
Managing service groups implies the following:
· Create service groups on the managed resource.
· Modify attribute of a service group.
· Delete a service group.
Note: Modify service group name is not supported.
· This adapter supports LDAP as a user registry on AIX only.
· This adapter does not support Network Information Service (NIS).
Review and agree to the terms of the IBM Security Identity Manager Adapter License prior to using this product. The license can be viewed from the "license" folder included in the adapter package.
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Release Date |
2019 September 16 19.47.30 |
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Adapter Version |
7.1.45 |
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Component Versions |
Adapter build: 7.1.45.171 Profile: 7.1.45.171 Connector: 7.1.45.171 Dispatcher: Dispatcher 7.0.39 (or higher, packaged separately). |
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Documentation |
The following guides are available in the IBM Knowledge Centre · UNIX and Linux Adapter Installation and Configuration Guide · UNIX and Linux Adapter User Guide |
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Internal # |
Enhancement # (RFE) |
Description |
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Items included in current release (7.1.45) |
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RTC 183245 |
RFE 129090 (57162) |
Unix/Linux Adapter supporting current encryption/hashing for SSH. Note: Use SDI 7.2.0 Fix Pack 6 & TDI 7.1.1 Fix Pack 9 onwards version for the below newly supported algorithms: • rsa-sha2-256, rsa-sha2-512, ecdsa-sha2-nistp256, ecdsa-sha2-nistp384, ecdsa-sha2-nistp521 • diffie-hellman-group14-sha256, diffie-hellman-group16-sha512, diffie-hellman-group18-sha512, ecdh-sha2-nistp256, ecdh-sha2-nistp384, ecdh-sha2-nistp521 • aes192-ctr, aes256-ctr |
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RTC 184762 |
RFE 92534 (44991) |
Allowed password maximum age limit in Linux and Solaris. If password maximum age value is greater than LDAP limit value (2147483647), then adapter will set LDAP limit value for password maximum age. See Allowed password maximum age limit in Linux and Solaris section for more information.
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RTC 184354 |
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Attribute value lookup support for IGI 5.2.5 |
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Items included in the release (7.1.44) |
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RTC 183246 |
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50336: Don't create private group on user creation although additional attributes cannot be set |
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Items included in the release (7.1.43) |
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RTC 177521 |
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Adapter certification on RHEL7.4 |
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RTC 177521 |
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Adapter certification on RHEL7.5 |
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Items included in the release (7.1.42) |
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RTC
174565 |
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Verify and Certify Suse 12.3 Suse 12. Fixpack 3 is supported or not |
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Items included in the release (7.1.41) |
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RTC 168740 |
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US - As a UnixLinux adapter developer, I must support the new specialFlags attribute in targetProfile.json |
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Items included in the release (7.1.40) |
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RTC 165309 |
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US - As a UnixLinux adapter developer, I must implement support for the latest IGI requirements |
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Items included in the release (7.1.39) |
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RTC 158753 |
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US - As a UnixLinux adapter developer, I should remove the <replaceMultiValue> tag in service.def |
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RTC 156577 |
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Adapter certification
on following new Linux releases SUSE 12.2 |
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Items included in the release (7.1.38) |
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RTC 151776 |
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Add support for IGI
5.2.x |
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PMR 04119,67E,760 Bugz 2174 |
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Adapter certification on AIX 7.2 |
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Items included in the release (7.0.37) |
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40870 (82030) RTC 142443 |
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Password change automation for PIM Solaris Profile |
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Items included in the release (7.0.36) |
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42052 (84783) RTC 142442 |
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ISIM v6.0 Unix and Linux Adapter support for Oracle Linux 6.6 |
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RTC 142444 |
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Adapter certification on RHEL7.2 |
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RTC 142445 |
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Adapter certification on SuSE12.1 |
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Items included in the release (7.0.35) |
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RTC138252 |
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Adapter certification on Oracle Linux 7.1 |
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Items included in the release (7.0.34) |
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76587 (38540) |
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Support for Dormant accounts on Linux. |
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Items included in the release (7.0.33) |
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RTC 127027 |
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Adapter certification on Oracle Linux 7 |
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RTC 124805 |
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Adapter certification on RHEL7.1 |
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RTC 127026 |
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Adapter certification on SLES 12 |
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RTC 127028 |
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Adapter certification on AIX 7.1 TL3 |
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Items included in the 7.0.32 release |
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Initial release |
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Internal# |
APAR# |
Case# / Description |
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Items included in current release (7.1.45) |
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RTC 184353 Bug 2951 |
Case TS002309060 |
Allow $ in password $ was prohibited in earlier release but since its common character used in password, its being allowed again from this release onwards. However, there are still some limitations, so we must ensure that $() and ${} is not allowed. To use $ in password Select Allow $ in password checkbox in service form. See Allow $ in password section for more information.
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Items included in current release (7.1.44) |
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RTC 183393 Bug 2874 |
PMR TS002079080 |
UnixLinux - change the special flags for erPosixPrimaryGroup’s to none |
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Items included in the release (7.1.43) |
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RTC 177762 Bug 2644 |
IJ07579 |
Groups not returned during reconciliation, $ is escaped in sed command, sed -e 's/\$ |
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Items included in the release (7.1.42) |
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None |
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Items included in the release (7.1.41) |
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RTC 166794 |
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US - As a Unix Linux adapter developer, I must ensure that '$' characters in attribute names are not subject to macro expansion |
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Items included in the release (7.1.40) |
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RTC 161484 |
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PEN TEST - User account creation allows a rogue Linux start process command to be appended
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RTC 161485 |
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PEN TEST - Group creation allows a rogue Linux start process command to be appended
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RTC 161486 |
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PEN TEST - Identity Service Center allows directory creation under /root
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Items included in the release (7.1.39) |
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None. |
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Items included in the release (7.0.38) |
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None. |
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Items included in the release (7.0.37) |
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None. |
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Items included in the release (7.0.36) |
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Bugz2033 RTC142016 |
IV83309 |
Linux recon scripts do not handle usernames with period in them. |
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Items included in the release (7.0.35) |
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Bug 1964 |
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Adding
user to an AIX target with ISIM UnixLinux adapter fails.
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Items included in the release (7.0.34) |
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RTC129909 |
IV76420 |
No need to add an user to "Security" group for creating as super user on AIX. |
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Items included in the 7.0.33 release |
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Bugz1757 RTC124805 |
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UnixLinux connector claims RHEL 7 is not supported |
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Items included in the 7.0.32 release |
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Initial release |
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Internal# |
APAR# |
Case# / Description |
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Bug 2404 RTC 165305 |
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PIM 2.1 Adapter not working for key based
SDI 7.2 must have following FP level installed for key based authentication to work correctly with the adapter –
Security Directory Integrator 7.2+ FP3 |
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Bugz 2059, RTC 145019 |
PMR 44212,082,000 |
diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256 SSH key exchange algorithm does not work
Successful connection between the UNIX and Linux Adapter and a managed resource depends, in part, on the SSH key exchange algorithms configured on each of the systems. The underlying Remote Execution and Access (RXA) libraries used by the adapter define which SSH algorithms are supported. The RXA libraries are packaged with SDI. To get diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256 support, you must use ITDI 7.1.1 LA 0030 or later. |
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Adding audit class value on AIX
During user add and user modify, if audit class attribute contains a valid value but some other attribute fails, then adapter returns failure instead of warning.
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Deleting audit class value on AIX
Adapter returns success for deleting audit class value on AIX, but the changes do not reflect on resource. |
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User add request with primary group value on Aix
Adapter returns failure status for useradd request if primary group contains value which does not exist on resource. |
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Changing primary group values on AIX
When primary group and secondary groups values are updated in the same useradd or usermod request, the primary group value is added to the secondary groups list without removing the previous primary group name from the list. Example: Assume that a user is added with two attributes Primary group = gr01, Secondary Groups = gr02,gr03 Then the user is modified for the two attributes Primary group = grp1, Secondary Groups = grp2,grp3 Result: The new secondary group values are: grp1,grp2,grp3,gr01.
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Password change with using LDAP registry on AIX
Configuring multiple AIX services to use the same LDAP may cause errors. If LDAP is configured to use password history checking, and IBM Security Identity Server is configured for password synchronization, any passwords changes initiated from the IBM Security Identity Server effectively cause IBM Security Identity Server to send the same password to each AIX service. The result is a history violation.
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pwdadm process might be left running on AIX after root password change
If a failure occurs when changing root's password on AIX 7.1, the pwdadm command can consume a large number of CPU cycles. This can be resolved by installing AIX 7.1 TL3 or higher, which includes APAR IV63940. |
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Internal# |
APAR# |
Case# / Description |
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RTC 177762 Bug 2644 |
IJ07579 |
Groups not returned during reconciliation, $ is escaped in sed command, sed -e 's/\$
From this release (7.1.43), adapter does not support $ character in input values to avoid macro expansion or unwanted command execution. |
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Bug 2577 |
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UNIX/Linux Adapter fails to create role on AIX 7.1 when authorization does not exist
On Aix 7.1, for creating a new role through adapter, make sure the authorization exists on Aix resource.
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Bugz1098 IV50269 RTC96617 |
erPosixForcePwdChange request not working when set to 0
On Linux, Solaris and HPUX, the 'force password change' feature cannot be toggled. You can only set the 'force password change' option to true. The OS does not support resetting it back to false. On AIX, the 'force password change' feature can be toggled between true and false.
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Supported shells
Only shells that support setting environment variables via "envvar = xxx; export envvar;" are supported for the service admin user. csh and tcsh in particular do not work (others might not work as well). The sh and bash shell works for the admin user. Note that on many systems, sh is a symlink to another shell. |
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See the IBM Security Identity Adapter for UNIX and Linux Installation Guide for detailed instructions.
The following corrections to the Installation Guide apply to this release:
· Add below note to Install guide at this location – Installing è Service/Target form details è On the Authentication tab
Select this check box to use $ in a password.
· Add below note to Install guide for erPosixMaxPwdAge attribute at this location – Reference èAdapter attributes and object classes
If password maximum age value is greater than LDAP limit value, then adapter will set LDAP limit value for password maximum age.
Installing
the adapter language pack
The adapters use a separate language package from the IBM Security Identity
Server. See the IBM Security Identity Server Knowledge Center for
information about installing the adapter language pack.
IBM Security Identity Server Knowledge Centre
None
IBM Security Identity adapters for Unix and Linux can be customized and/or extended. The type and method of this customization may vary from adapter to adapter.
The integration to the Identity Manager server – the adapter framework – is supported. However, IBM does not support the customizations, scripts, or other modifications. If you experience a problem with a customized adapter, IBM Support may require the problem to be demonstrated on the GA version of the adapter before a PMR is opened.
The IBM Security Identity Adapter for UNIX and Linux was built and tested on the following product versions.
Adapter Installation Platform:
This adapter installs into Security Directory Integrator (SDI) and may be installed on any platform supported by the SDI product and supported by the target system libraries or client, where applicable. IBM recommends installing SDI on each node of the IBM Security Identity Server WAS Cluster and then installing this adapter on each instance of SDI. Supported SDI versions include:
Due to continuous Java security updates that may be applied to your ISIM or PIM servers, the following TDI/SDI releases are the officially supported versions:
· IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator 7.1.1 + FP9
· Security Directory Integrator 7.2 + FP6
Note: Earlier SDI
supported versions may function properly, however to resolve any communication
errors, you must upgrade your SDI releases to the officially supported
versions.
Managed Resource:
AIX
AIX 7.1
AIX 7.2
HP-UX
HP-UX 11i v3
Supported operating system modes: non-trusted, trusted non-secure
Solaris
Solaris 11
Oracle Linux
Linux 6.3
Linux 6.6
Linux 7
Linux 7.1
Linux 7.2
Linux 7.3
Red Hat Linux
At the time of the adapter 7.1.45 release, the most recent Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server releases and upgrades were:
Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server 7
Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server 7.1
Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server 7.2
Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server 7.3
Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server 7.4
Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server 7.5
· Red Hat Enterprise Server supported operating system modes are standard and SE Linux
· Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server release updates may introduce changes and/or features that are not supported by the adapter. In such a case, support for the changes or features will be added in a future release of the adapter.
SUSE Enterprise Linux Server
SUSE SLES 12
SUSE SLES
12.1
SUSE SLES 12.2
SUSE SLES 12.3
IBM Security Identity Manager:
IBM Security Identity Manager 7.x
IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM):
ISPIM v2.x
Identity Governance and Intelligence (IGI):
IGI v5.2.x
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