PQ75431: HASH / POUND SIGN SYMBOL '#' IS A VALID CHARACTER FOR THE FIRST CHARACTER IN RACF GROUP DEFINITION, BBOMCFG JOB DOES NOT HANDLE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() APAR status Closed as program error. Error description The WebSphere Installation Panels have you enter the RACF Group ID's as part of the Security definition panels. The information from these panels are then used to build JCL to be submitted after the Customization Dialog is completed. The definition of the RACF Group allows the first character to be the 'hash / pound sign' symbol '#'. If the first character is the '#' symbol, the BBOMCFG JCL gets generated with the '-GROUP #GNAME' parameter, (note that the 'group name' DOES have the '#' character as the first character When this JOB is submitted however, the '#' is not handled correctly. The users need the ability to enter in the group names as they are defined to their security scheme.Local fix You can run the BBOMCFG JCL successfully, by editing the JCL and placing the group name within quotes (both single quotes and double quotes work) as shown in the following example: . Line in BBOMCFG generated by the dialog: -GROUP #WASCFG + . Edited Line -GROUP "#WASCFG" + . or . -GROUP '#WASCFG' + . After adding the quotes around the value which contains the # character the job can be submitted, and the value will be passed to the shell script (bbowhfs1.sh) correctly.Problem summary **************************************************************** * USERS AFFECTED: All users of WebSphere Application Server * * V5.0 for z/OS * **************************************************************** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Incorrect GROUP used when request GROUP * * that starts with '#'. Results in * * subsequent access failures in all jobs. * **************************************************************** * RECOMMENDATION: * **************************************************************** Customer specified a RACF group of '#ABCDE' for the default WebSphere config group. When the dialog created the RACF group and HFS ownership, the HFS ownership used was the default. This was due to the BBOMCFG job treating the character '#' as the start of a comment within the BPXBATCH invocation. The string needs to be quoted to prevent the '#' (pound sign) from being treated like a comment.Problem conclusion Updated WebSphere dialog to quote configured values used for security (userid and group names). With the strings quoted, the pound sign (#) is not treated as the start of a comment. This problems affects customers who start their RACF group name with a pound sign (#). APAR PQ75431 is associated with SERVICE LEVEL W500103 of WebSphere Application Server V5.0 for z/OS.Temporary fix Comments
APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following: APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following: Modules/Macros
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Current web document: swg1PQ75431.html
Product categories: Software > Application Servers >
Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application
Server for z/OS
Operating system(s):
Software version: 500
Software edition:
Reference #: PQ75431
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Sep 5, 2003
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