JR56036: THE BPMCONFIG COMMAND DOES NOT SUPPORT SPECIAL CHARACTERS LIKE # AND ^ IN PASSWORDS

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Downloading IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.7 Cumulative Fix 2016.09

APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• When any of the bpm.cell.authenticationAlias.#.password or
  bpm.de.authenticationAlias.#.password properties in the input
  file for the BPMConfig command contains characters other than
  a-z, A-Z, 0-9, !,(,),-,.,_,`,~, or @, the configuration property
   validation fails with an error similar to the following error:
  
  CWMCB0368E: The property bpm.de.authenticationAlias.1.password
  has an invalid value [bpm<admin>] because bpm<admin> contains
  invalid characters <>. The valid characters list is
  a-zA-Z0-9!()-._`~@.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Validation of password properties was introduced in IBM BPM 8.5
  to avoid problems that special characters cause. However, this
  new validation code rejects passwords that worked in IBM BPM
  V8.0.1, which causes problems when you are migrating.
  In IBM BPM V8.5.7 cumulative fix 2016.09, a new
  -omitPasswordValdation parameter will be added to the BPMConfig
  command that you can use to omit the password validation.
  
  Note: Using this parameter might cause argument-processing
  errors of the various commands that BPMConfig invokes behind the
  scenes. Alternatively, you might not see a processing error, but
  some characters will be lost and the actual password that is
  stored will not be what you specified in the properties file.
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

• If possible, configure the IBM BPM deployment environment by
  using a password that contains only supported characters, and
  then manually change the password after IBM BPM is configured.
  

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APAR Information

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Fix information

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