AS400 login object with '@' in password

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine

Issue/Introduction

AS400 job fails with below error when the login object contains '@' in password.

U02001007 User 'AUTOMIC' is unknown or an invalid password has been provided.

Environment

Release : 12.3

Component : AUTOMATION ENGINE

Operating System: AS400

Cause

This is caused by a bug.

Resolution

This has been fixed with the AS400 Agent in 21.0.3 and will be fixed in 12.3.9

Bug short description: Code page set on an AS/400 job not used correctly
Bug full description: An issue has been fixed where, if an AS/400 job had a code table, the job did not use the specified code table for login, and it corrupted the script if the login somehow passed.

Additional Information

A fix is available with the AS400 agent with 12.3.9 and 21.0.3

Workaround:

Update the user and remove '@' from password on AS400 system.

Then update the Login object with new password in Automic and run the job.