Bad - Corrupted GID in the /etc/passwd file

Products

• CA Privileged Access Manager - Server Control (PAMSC)

Issue/Introduction

With PAMSC upgraded to 14.1 cp05, we see a bad/corrupted gid in the /etc/passwd (whereas we see the good gid in selang) after creating a user.

CA Privileged Access Manager Server Control selang v14.10.50.61 - command line interpreter
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PAMSC> eg giduser unix
(localhost)
Successfully created GROUP giduser
(localhost)
Unix :
======
Successfully created GROUP giduser
PAMSC> eu giduser unix(pgroup(giduser))
(localhost)
Successfully created USER giduser
(localhost)
Unix :
======
Successfully created USER giduser
PAMSC> !grep giduser /etc/passwd /etc/group
/etc/passwd:giduser:x:101:101::/home/giduser:/bin/sh
/etc/group:giduser::101:
PAMSC> eu giduser unix(pgroup(giduser))
(localhost)
Successfully updated USER giduser
(localhost)
Unix :
======
Successfully updated USER giduser
PAMSC> !grep giduser /etc/passwd /etc/group
/etc/passwd:giduser:x:101:-140724603453339::/home/giduser:/bin/sh
/etc/group:giduser::101:
PAMSC>

Environment

PAM Server Control 14.1 CP5

Cause

There was an issue in the code which was causing the corruption.

Resolution

The issue was fixed in 14.10.50.73, all newer endpoints have the fix included. Please upgrade to the newest build.

Additional Information

The newest PAMSC build can be downloaded from the link below.

CA Privileged Access Manager Server Control Endpoint Compatibility Matrix