PQ73004: WHEN UPDATING THE MAPPING OF USERS FOR AN APPLICATION IN THE CONSOLE, THE CHANGES ARE NOT SAVED TO AN IBM-APPLICATION-BND.XMI

 Fixes are available

Cumulative WebSphere System Management Fix, 5.0.0
5.0.2: WebSphere Application Server Version 5.0 Fix Pack 2 (Version 5.0.2)



APAR status
Closed as program error.

Error description
Sometime when updating the mapping of users for an enterprise
application in the admin console the setting are not saved to
the ibm-application-bnd.xmi file.  You will not be prompt to
save the changes after you press the "Apply" or "Ok" buttons.
Because of the problem above you will not be able to changes the
security settings in the ear file.  This is Defect number 162951
Local fix Problem summary
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* USERS AFFECTED: All users of WebSphere Application Server    *
*                 5.0                                          *
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: When a user edits an application a      *
*                      NullPointerException may be seen in     *
*                      admin clients and edit may not take     *
*                      effect.                                 *
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* RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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When a user installed their application with their own
installer, there is some possiblity that they do not create a
data source entry in the binding. (ibm-application-bnd.xmi)
The code currently throws a NullPointerException.
Problem conclusion
Changed code in:
DataSourceFor10CMPBeansHeNullPointerExceptionlper.java
to handle the null pointer so the NullPointerException is no
longer thrown.
Temporary fix
sent test fix as part of 4-18 SM Cumulative Fix
Comments
APAR information
APAR number PQ73004
Reported component name WAS BASE 5.0
Reported component ID 5630A3600
Reported release 00W
Status CLOSED PER
PE NoPE
HIPER NoHIPER
Special Attention NoSpecatt
Submitted date 2003-04-09
Closed date 2003-04-29
Last modified date 2003-04-29

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Fix information

Applicable component levels
R003 PSY    UP
R00A PSY    UP
R00H PSY    UP
R00I PSY    UP
R00S PSY    UP
R00W PSY    UP


Document Information


Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server > General
Operating system(s):
Software version: 00W
Software edition:
Reference #: PQ73004
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Apr 29, 2003