Bad - Corrupted GID in the /etc/passwd file

Products

• CA Privileged Access Manager - Server Control (PAMSC)

Issue/Introduction

We have a problem in the new PAMSC 14.1 cp05, after creating the user we see a bad/corrupted gid in the /etc/passwd (whereas we see the good gid in selang) :

CA Privileged Access Manager Server Control selang v14.10.50.61 - command line interpreter
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PAMSC> eg testpbgid2 uni
(localhost)
Successfully created GROUP testpbgid2
(localhost)
Unix :
======
Successfully created GROUP testpbgid2
PAMSC> eu testpbgid2 unix(pgroup(testpbgid2))
(localhost)
Successfully created USER testpbgid2
(localhost)
Unix :
======
Successfully created USER testpbgid2
PAMSC> !grep testpbgid2 /etc/passwd /etc/group
/etc/passwd:testpbgid2:x:101:101::/home/testpbgid2:/bin/sh
/etc/group:testpbgid2::101:
PAMSC> eu testpbgid2 unix(pgroup(testpbgid2))
(localhost)
Successfully updated USER testpbgid2
(localhost)
Unix :
======
Successfully updated USER testpbgid2
PAMSC> !grep testpbgid2 /etc/passwd /etc/group
/etc/passwd:testpbgid2:x:101:-140724603453339::/home/testpbgid2:/bin/sh
/etc/group:testpbgid2::101:
PAMSC>

Environment

Release : 14.1 CP05

Component: PAMSC 14.1 CP05 endpoint

Cause

This is a known issue and has been fixed. The fix will be part of the higher version.

Resolution

Deploy the patch for resolving the problem (acpatch-DE561291-14.10.50.73-_LINUX_X64.zip)

Additional Information

The instructions on how to apply the patch are provided along with the patch. The patch is attached to this article and can be downloaded.