PQ85634: PROPFILEPASSWORDENCODER.SH INCORRECTLY GENERATES A FILE WITH CODEPAGE CP1047 VS. THE ORIGINAL CODE PAGE

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APAR status
Closed as program error.

Error description
Using the PropFilePasswordEncoder.sh script to encode passwords
results in the updated file being written to the filesystem in
codepage cp1047 and not ISO8859-1 (the original file codepage).
(cp1047 = EBCDIC)
Local fix
Modify the PropFilePasswordEncoder.sh to include the
  -Dfile.encoding=ISO8859-1 -Xnoargsconversion $CONSOLE_ENCODING
before calling the WSLauncher.
Problem summary
****************************************************************
* USERS AFFECTED: All users of WebSphere Application Server    *
*                 V5.0 for z/OS                                *
****************************************************************
* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Deployment Manager failed to start      *
*                      after customer used the shell script    *
*                      PropFilePasswordEncoder.sh to encode    *
*                      a password in the security.xml file.    *
*                      This is the error message displayed     *
*                      on the MVS console:                     *
*                      - SY1      IEA995I SYMPTOM DUMP OUTPUT  *
*                      - SYSTEM COMPLETION CODE=A03            *
*                      -  TIME=11.09.19  SEQ=00658  CPU=0000   *
*                         ASID=01FF                            *
*                      -  PSW AT TIME OF ERROR  070C2000       *
*                         84127A0A  ILC 2  INTC 0D             *
*                      -    NO ACTIVE MODULE FOUND             *
*                      -    NAME=UNKNOWN                       *
*                      -    DATA AT PSW  04127A04 - 58107631   *
*                           0A0D58E0  02FC58D0                 *
*                      -    GR 0: 008E0D20   1: 80A03000       *
*                      -       2: 008E0C38   3: 0411E01F       *
*                      -       4: 008E0C38   5: 008E0348       *
*                      -       6: 008E96E0   7: 0412898F       *
*                      -       8: 84127990   9: 008E9198       *
*                      -       A: 00000000   B: 00F73200       *
*                      -       C: 0000000C   D: 008E0CA4       *
*                      -       E: 84120C70   F: 84127990       *
*                      -  END OF SYMPTOM DUMP                  *
*                      - SY1      IEF450I BBODMGR BBODMGR -    *
*                                 ABEND=SA03 U0000             *
*                                 REASON=00000000              *
*                      - SY1      IEF352I ADDRESS SPACE        *
*                                 UNAVAILABLE                  *
*                      - SY1      $HASP395 BBODMGR  ENDED      *
****************************************************************
* RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
****************************************************************
Using the PropFilePasswordEncoder.sh script to encode passwords
resulted in the updated file being written to the filesystem in
codepage cp1047 (EBCDIC) and not ISO8859-1 (ASCII) -- the
original file codepage --.
The SYSOUT displays the following message:
BossLog: { 0003} 2004/03/09 15:08:04.875 01 SYSTEM=SY1
SERVER=BBODMGR  PID=0X04010092 TID=0X26C1CF00 00000000  c=UNK
./bborjtr.cpp+817 ... BBOO0220E SECJ0207E: Failed to load
security.xml resource from cell.  The exception is
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException
: Content is not allowed in prolog.
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse
   (AbstractSAXParser.java:1172)
Problem conclusion
Modified the PropFilePasswordEncoder.sh to include the
-Dfile.encoding=ISO8859-1 -Xnoargsconversion $CONSOLE_ENCODING
before calling the WSLauncher.

APAR PQ85634 is associated with SERVICE LEVEL W502005 of
WebSphere Application Server V5.0 for z/OS.
Temporary fix Comments
APAR information
APAR number PQ85634
Reported component name WEBSPHERE FOR Z
Reported component ID 5655I3500
Reported release 500
Status CLOSED PER
PE NoPE
HIPER NoHIPER
Special Attention NoSpecatt
Submitted date 2004-03-05
Closed date 2004-03-26
Last modified date 2004-04-03

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Publications Referenced

Fix information
Fixed component name WEBSPHERE FOR Z
Fixed component ID 5655I3500

Applicable component levels
R500 PSY UQ86666    UP04/03/31 P F403

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Document Information


Current web document: swg1PQ85634.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 #: PQ85634
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Apr 3, 2004