Zowe Explorer - Unable to issue Unix Commands

Products

• Zowe

Issue/Introduction

When issuing a Unix command with Zowe explorer with ssh profile, it does not recognise the user's id .

 

 [INFO] An SSH profile will be used for issuing UNIX commands with the profile "yourplex name"

 

 [ERROR] Error: Invalid username

Environment

Zowe All Version.

APIML is enabled.

Cause

Zowe Explorer's "Issue Unix Command" option is implemented using basic authentication, i.e. user and password.

 

Resolution

Add the following to the properties of the ssh profiles. 

"authOrder": "basic"

Example

"properties": {
    "host": ... ,
    "port": ... ,
    "rejectUnauthorized": ... ,
    "authOrder": "basic"
}