User Creation - Problem with Home Directory creation in native OS

Products

• CA Virtual Privilege Manager
• CA Privileged Identity Management Endpoint (PIM)

Issue/Introduction

When creating a user in selang the home directory created for the user in the native OS is wrong.

PAMSC> nu reatesh password(abcd123) unix(homedir(/home/sanre01))
(localhost)
Successfully created USER reatesh
(localhost)
Unix :
======
Successfully created USER reatesh
PAMSC> quit

]# cat /etc/passwd | grep sanre01
reatesh:x:101:1::/home/sanre01/reatesh:/bin/sh

Cause

This is a known issue with PAMSC 14.1 CP2 release for all supported Unix / Linux versions.

Environment

Release: PA SC 14.1 CP2 -- VeRsIoN: 14.10-0 (1265)

Component : CA ControlMinder

Resolution

This is a known issue and engineering is aware of this problem.

This will be fixed and the fix will be part of the R14.1 CP3 release.