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Creating a SiteMinder Administrator in CriticalPath IDS 4.2.5 Fails (84995)

Problem

Sun Microsystems' Logical Domains (LDOMS) 1.1 returns a host ID value of 00000000 to SiteMinder. SiteMinder uses this value to create the IDs of policy server objects. When SiteMinder uses the value of 00000000 to create the object ID of the administrator, the resulting object ID is invalid, and the newly-created administrator fails to log in to the server.

Solution

Contact Sun Microsystems for a patch that corrects the host ID value returned to SiteMinder.

Star Issue: 17982871-1

Oracle Issues

The following Oracle issues exist:

Administrative UI and Oracle Policy Store Objects (65782)

When you are using an Oracle policy store and you make changes to policy store objects in the Administrative UI, the changes are effective immediately; however, they may not be visible in the Administrative UI for up to 5 minutes.

SiteMinder Query Timeout and Oracle User Directories (68803)

The SiteMinder Query Timeout is not supported when the Policy Server is connected to an Oracle user directory. You may encounter this limitation when the Oracle response time is very slow.

Policy Server Issues

The following Policy Server issues exist:

Policy Server May Fail to Start due to a Dynamically Updated system_odbc.ini File (55265)

Symptom:

(Linux) The Policy Server may fail to start because the system_odbc.ini file is dynamically updated.

Solution:

After the Policy Server installation, save the file as Read-Only.