PQ63020: ADD FUNCTIONALITY TO TOGGLE GETREMOTEUSER() TO RETURN ACTUAL USER ID INSTEAD OF THE DISPLAY NAME WHEN USING CUSTOM REGISTRY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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APAR status Closed as program error. Error description Environment: WebSphere Application Server 4.0.3 AE . Description: A customer is implementing LTPA custom user registry. With the perform getRemoteUser() or getPrincipalName() methods, they get the display name (as a result of getUserDisplayName() method call) instead of the actual user ID. There seems to be no alternative to acquire the user ID when the getUserDisplayName( is implemented to return other than the user ID. The developer suggests creating a configuration item to toggle getRemoteUser( to return the user ID instead of the display name.Local fix Problem summary **************************************************************** * USERS AFFECTED: WebSphere Application Server users who use * * custom registry authentication. * **************************************************************** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Wehn using a custom registry, the API * * getRemoteUser() returns display name * * rather than security name. * **************************************************************** * RECOMMENDATION: Apply this eFix, or use the display name * * as the same as the security name. * **************************************************************** When using a custom registry implementation, security returned the user's display name for getRemoteUser() and getPrincipalName() instead of the user's security name.Problem conclusion If getRemoteUser() and getPrincipalName() are required to return the user's security name, a system property has been added to enable this. com.ibm.ejs.security.customregistry.useSecurityName=trueTemporary fix test eFix provided.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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Document Information |
Product categories: Software > Application Servers >
Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application
Server > General
Operating system(s):
Software version: 400
Software edition:
Reference #: PQ63020
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Apr 30, 2003
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