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IV43187: RANDOM PASSWORD GENERATOR GENERATING LESS THAN MINIMUM CHARACTERS

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • In every access profile we have configured the passwords to be
    generated with
    Minimum 8 characters, Maximum 8 Characters, 4 alpha and 4
    numeric.
    This means we expect 8 characters to be generated each time.
    
    Intermittently however for 3 of our Applications, the Access
    Agent is
    only generating 6 character passwords.
    One of them is the out of the box profile for SAP, where 6
    character
    passwords get generated and filled into the New Password and
    Confirm
    Password fields instead of 8.
    .
    Business impact ( BusImpact )
    When user passwords expire or need to be changed as a One Time
    Password, when prompted for a change and the access agent puts
    in less
    characters than the minimum causing the applications to not
    accept the
    new password. This is impacting usability.
    

Local fix

  • (RTC41100-prfentsw1.3.eas)
    

Problem summary

  • Random passwords generated do not comply with minimum password
    standards
    

Problem conclusion

  • Fixed in version 1.4 of the Enterprise profile package.
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IV43187

  • Reported component name

    SSO ACCESS AGEN

  • Reported component ID

    5724V67AG

  • Reported release

    820

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2013-05-29

  • Closed date

    2013-06-28

  • Last modified date

    2013-06-28

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    SSO ACCESS AGEN

  • Fixed component ID

    5724V67AG

Applicable component levels

  • R820 PSY

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Document Information

Modified date:
01 October 2021