Fix (APAR):  PK31490

Status:  Fix

Release:  6.1.0.2

Operating System:  AIX,HP-UX,i5/OS,Linux,Linux pSeries,Linux Red Hat - pSeries,Linux zSeries,OS/390,OS/400,Solaris,Windows,z/OS

Supersedes Fixes:  

CMVC Defect:  387972

Byte size of APAR:  25851

Date: 2006-10-20

Abstract:  The wrong exception can be returned when connecting to a bus with security enabled and providing invalid credentials.

Description/symptom of problem:  
PK31490 resolves the following problem:

ERROR DESCRIPTION:                                              
When connecting using a credential type of SIB Subject, and an  
LTPA token, with an invalid User of SIBServer type and          
incorrect bus name. The following is incorrectly                
returned: SINotAuthorizedException when using local OS user     
repository and SIErrorException when using LDAP user            
repository.                                                     
                                                                
It should return SIAuthenticationException.                     

LOCAL FIX:                                                      

PROBLEM SUMMARY

USERS AFFECTED:
Users of Service Integration Bus.

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
The wrong exception can be returned
when connecting to a bus with
security enabled and providing
invalid credentials.

RECOMMENDATION:
None

An exception will be thrown when connecting to a bus using the
following combination of settings:
- credential type of SIB Subject
- an LTPA token
- an invalid user of SIBServer type
- incorrect bus name

If the user registry is the local OS then
SINotAuthorizedException will be thrown.
If the user registry is LDAP then SIErrorException will be
thrown.

For either user registry the exception should be
SIAuthenticationException.

PROBLEM CONCLUSION:                                             
The correct exception is thrown after applying this fix.        

Directions to apply fix:  Fix applies to Editions:
Release 6.0
Application Server (Express or BASE)
Network Deployment (ND)

Install Fix to:
Application Server Nodes
Deployment Manager Nodes

NOTE:
The user must:
* Have Administrative rights in Windows, or be the Actual Root User in a UNIX environments.
* Logged in with the same authority level when unpacking a fix, fix pack or refresh pack.
* Be at V6.1.0.2 or newer of the Update Installer. This can be checked by reviewing the level of the Update Installer in file <was_root>/updateinstaller/version.txt.

The Update Installer can be downloaded from the following link:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg21205991

For detailed instructions to Extract the Update Installer see the following Technote:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg21205400

1) Copy 6.1.0.2-WS-WAS-IFPK31490.pak file directly to the maintenance directory

2) Shutdown WebSphere
Manually execute setupCmdLine.bat in Windows or . ./setupCmdLine.sh in Unix from the WebSphere instance that maintenance is being applied to.

3) Launch Update Installer

4) Enter the installation location of the WebSphere product you want to update.

5) Select the "Install maintenance package" operation.

6) Enter the file name of the maintenance package to install (6.1.0.2-WS-WAS-IFPK31490.pak file which was copied in the maintenance directory).

7) Install the maintenance package.

8) Restart WebSphere

Directions to remove fix:  NOTE:
* The user must have Administrative rights in Windows, or be the Actual Root User in a UNIX environments.
* FIXES MUST BE REMOVED IN THE ORDER THEY WERE APPLIED
* DO NOT REMOVE A FIX UNLESS ALL FIXES APPLIED AFTER IT HAVE FIRST BEEN REMOVED
* YOU MAY REAPPLY ANY REMOVED FIX

Example: If your system has fix1, fix2, and fix3 applied in that order and fix2 is to be removed, fix3 must be removed first, fix2 removed, and fix3 re-applied.

1) Shutdown WebSphere
Manually execute setupCmdLine.bat in Windows or . ./setupCmdLine.sh in Unix from the WebSphere instance that uninstall is being run against.

2) Start Update Installer

3) Enter the installation location of the WebSphere product you want to remove the fix.

4) Select  "Uninstall maintenance package" operation.

5) Enter the file name of the maintenance package to uninstall (6.1.0.2-WS-WAS-IFPK31490.pak).

6) UnInstall maintenance package.

7) Restart WebSphere

Directions to re-apply fix:  1) Shutdown WebSphere.

2) Follow the Fix instructions to apply the fix.

3) Restart WebSphere.

Additional Information: