Novell IMANAGER 2.7.3 Readme
iManager 2.7.3 Field Patch (FTF) 4
Readme
August 26, 2010
This readme contains the following sections:
Section 1, “What is New,” on page 1
Section 2, “Downloading and Installing iManager Support Pack,” on page 2
Section 3, “Issues Resolved in iManager 2.7.3,” on page 4
Section 4, “Known Issues,” on page 5
Section 5, “Additional Readme Information,” on page 18
Section 6, “Legal Notices,” on page 19
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1 What is New
iManager 2.7.3 includes the following product enhancements:
Section 1.1, “Newly Supported Platforms and Browser,” on page 1
Section 1.2, ““Hide” and “Show Hidden” Buttons in the Available Novell Modules Page,” on
page 1
Section 1.3, “Preferred Object Selection Method for a Task of a Property Book,” on page 2
Section 1.4, “Ability to Add Organizational Role to the Authorized Users and Groups List,” on
page 2
Section 1.5, “iManager Caches Login Information for Faster Login,” on page 2
Section 1.6, “Ability to Configure the Proxy by using DNS,” on page 2
1.1 Newly Supported Platforms and Browser
In addition to the existing platforms and Web browsers, iManager 2.7.3 FTF 4 supports Windows 7
(32-bit and 64-bit), Windows 2008 R2 platforms, and Internet Explorer 8 (IE 8).
For more information on the supported platforms, refer to the iManager 2.7.3 Installation Guide
(http://www.novell.com/documentation/imanager27).
1.2 “Hide” and “Show Hidden” Buttons in the Available Novell
Modules Page
The following two buttons are newly available in the Available Novell Plug-in Modules page:
Hide: Clicking this button hides the selected Novell plug-in modules. You can also hide all the
plug-in modules so that the Home page doesn't display the
available to install
Show Hidden: Clicking this button displays the list of the hidden Novell plug-in modules. You
can unhide the hidden plug-in modules.
notice.
New iManager NPMs are
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1.3 Preferred Object Selection Method for a Task of a Property
Book
In the Property Book page, the user can now define/modify a preferred object selection method for
an existing task. For this, a new feature, Target Chooser Mode has been added to the Actions list.
1.4 Ability to Add Organizational Role to the Authorized Users
and Groups List
In the Security page of the Configure iManager window, the user can now add an Organizational
Role to the Authorized Users and Groups list so that all the members (users and groups) of the
organization become authorized users.
1.5 iManager Caches Login Information for Faster Login
iManager now caches the first-time-login information with the tree name and uses that information
in the subsequent logins. This process makes the logins fast.
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1.6 Ability to Configure the Proxy by using DNS
The user can now configure a proxy also by using DNS names. The proxy host field now accepts
DNS names also.
2 Downloading and Installing iManager Support
Pack
IMPORTANT: iManager support packs do not make a backup of files replaced. The only way to
roll back to a previous state is to backup all modified files before applying the support pack and then
manually restoring the backed up files.
Also, iManager support packs must be installed on all iManager servers in your environment.
Support packs do not automatically replicate other iManager servers in your tree.
NOTE: After you install the iManager support pack, iManager will be non-functional until you
restart Tomcat.
To download and install an iManager support pack:
By Using Novell Download Site
1 Download
iman273_FTF4.npm
file from the Novell download site to your local machine.
2 Log in to iManager.
3 Click Configure >Plug-in Installation > Available Novell Plug-in Modules.
4 Click Add and browse to the
5 Verify that the module is
iManager 2.7.3
6 Select the check box next to the field patch file
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.
iman273_FTF4.npm
iman273_FTF4.npm
file, then click OK.
and the description reads
iman273_FTF4.npm
and click Install.
Field Patch 4 for
The installation takes a few minutes.
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NOTE: Internet Explorer might append a
The browser might actually remove the
extension must be
.npm
. Otherwise, the installation does not upload the file.
.zip
extension to the
.npm
extension, and replace it with
.npm
when it is downloaded.
.zip
7 Click Close and Restart Tomcat.
NOTE: Tomcat sometimes requires several minutes to fully initialize. Wait a few minutes
before trying to log into iManager after restarting Tomcat.
Table 1 Restart Tomcat
PLATFORM RESTART COMMAND
NetWare 6.5 Enter
Windows Stop and start the Tomcat service.
Linux Enter /etc/init.d/novell-tomcat5 stop, then enter /etc/init.d/
Mobile iManager Close Mobile iManager and re-open Mobile iManager.
TC5STOP
to start the service again.
novell-tomcat5 start.
. Wait at least a minute, then enter
8 Verify that the new support pack has been installed.
. The
TOMCAT5
Log in to iManager, then check whether the home page displays the new version (2.7.3
FTF 4).
Check the log file located in
webapps/nps/WEB-INF/changelog
.
Click Novell iManager in the upper-left corner of the iManager application window to
view the iManager information page.
By Using iManager
1 Log in to iManager.
2 Click Configure >Plug-in Installation > Available Novell Plug-in Modules.
3 Select the check box next to the support pack plug-in and click Install.
The installation takes a few minutes.
4 Follow Step 7 in “By Using Novell Download Site” on page 2.
5 Follow Step 8 in “By Using Novell Download Site” on page 2.
NOTE: When you install iManager plug-ins, sometimes either the installation hangs or the plug-ins
are not properly installed. To troubleshoot the issue, see “iManager Plug-in Installation Hangs or
Plug-ins Are Not Properly Installed” in the iManager 2.7.3 Administration Guide.
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3 Issues Resolved in iManager 2.7.3
The following issues are resolved in the iManager 2.7.3 FTF 4 release:
iManager 2.7.3 FTF 3 installation hangs if earlier FTF installation files have not been
uninstalled.
Security Vulnerability - iManager stack buffer overflow - Creating a class name with more than
32 characters by using other scripts (perl / python).
Security Vulnerability - iManager off-by-one DoS - If login request is sent with a Tree field
length of 256 characters.
Security Vulnerability - CVE-2009-3555 - OpenSSL Handshake renegotiation of the existing
connections.
Privileged User can instigate a DoS under the context of the service. (No Trace) - Providing
Auditing and logs while authorized users upload the npm files.
The following are the issues resolved in the iManager 2.7.3 FTF 3 release:
Delay in the next login attempt after a login failure.
The Case Ignore List adding multiple attribute values to a single attribute.
Unauthenticated files that get uploaded onto Access Manager.
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The following are the issues resolved in the iManager 2.7.3 FTF 2 release:
The security vulnerability issue faced during installation of external plug-ins.
The following are the issues resolved in the iManager 2.7.3 FTF 1 release:
The Others tab while modifying user is empty with iManager 2.7.3.
Cannot browse/select objects from IE 8 browser.
In IE 8, the iManager Tree view option was not listing.
iManager plugin fails to uninstall cleanly.
Objects created with alternate naming attribute in some cases.
The following issues are resolved in iManager 2.7.3:
Error message for deleting object is not localized.
Configure iManager task is not displayed for the member of a nested group which is an
Authorized user.
Plug-ins are not removed when you select Select all plug-ins option in the Available Novell
Plug-in Modules page, deselect one or more plug-ins in the list, and click Remove.
iManager (2.7 with Tomcat 5.5) login screen, by default, has Autocomplete enabled which
results in security vulnerability.
Replace option under the Identification tab of the Modify User page does not work.
Large number of XSS vulnerabilities exist in iManager 2.7.
iManager 2.7.2 removes RBS collection ownership for a user when the user is added to /
removed from a group object.
Plug-in allows inconsistency of group and group membership.
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A user, who has logged in to iManager through Internet Explorer, as a t1 trustee user cannot
view the property pages.
Plug-in download does not function when you add a plug-in with name same as that of one of
the existing plug-ins, and rename the exiting plug-in of the same name.
Plug-ins are not displayed because of clash between .jar files.
Uniqueness scan does not work if a tree has more than 7000 users.
Login script that is created with Novell client appears blank in iManager.
iManager tree view filter does not work when you use scandinavian characters.
4 Known Issues
The following issues exist in the iManager 2.7 environment:
Section 4.1, “Security Message Appears while Using IE 8,” on page 7
Section 4.2, “Tree View Issues,” on page 7
Section 4.3, “Invalid RBS Member Association can Cause Java Exception,” on page 7
Section 4.4, “Authentication Error with SLES 9,” on page 7
Section 4.5, “Plug-In Compatibility,” on page 8
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Section 4.6, “iManager Login Page Issues,” on page 8
Section 4.7, “International Characters Might Not Display Correctly During Install,” on page 8
Section 4.8, “(Windows Servers Only) Installing eDirectory and iManager on the Same
Machine,” on page 9
Section 4.9, “(Windows Servers Only) iManager Doesn't Work after Installing Groupwise 7.0
WebAccess,” on page 9
Section 4.10, “Blank Screen or Missing Roles and Tasks,” on page 9
Section 4.11, “Time Out Setting for Dynamic Groups Returns an Error Message when the Time
Out Is Set to a Value That Can Be Exceeded,” on page 9
Section 4.12, “Special Characters,” on page 9
Section 4.13, “Two Instances Do Not Maintain Connections to Two Different Trees,” on
page 10
Section 4.14, “javaw.exe Application Error when Closing iManager Workstation or SDK,” on
page 10
Section 4.15, “Control Characters in Login Script,” on page 10
Section 4.16, “Translation Errors in InstallAnywhere Installer,” on page 11
Section 4.17, “eDirectory Error Messages Language Settings,” on page 11
Section 4.18, “Link Disappears or Unable to View All the Options,” on page 11
Section 4.19, “Null Pointer Exception Trying to Load iManager Login Page,” on page 11
Section 4.20, “(NetWare only) Plug-In Install Does Not Proceed without Mouse,” on page 11
Section 4.21, “(NetWare only) On a non-English Server Install, iManager 2.6 Is Displayed
Instead of iManager 2.7,” on page 12
Section 4.22, “After Installation of iManager 2.7 on NetWare 6.5 sp7, the Login Page Might
Not Appear,” on page 12
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Section 4.23, “Unable to Create AdminNamespace.java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError,” on
page 12
Section 4.24, “Issue with Internet Explorer while Opening Data Table Elements in a New
Window or a New Tab,” on page 12
Section 4.25, “Tomcat Restart after Installing a Plug-In,” on page 13
Section 4.26, “iManager mvStringEditor Tag Exhibits Strange Behavior,” on page 13
Section 4.27, “Admin Allows Only “AllUsers” as the Authorized User of eDirectory to Access
iManager,” on page 13
Section 4.28, “Security Alert Warning Message Is Displayed Many Times on iManager
Workstation,” on page 13
Section 4.29, “iManager Workstation (Windows) Sometimes Does Not Display Information,”
on page 14
Section 4.30, “Objects Are Not Available in History, Group Member, and Group Membership
Property Book Pages,” on page 14
Section 4.31, “When You Make a Group as Nested and Dynamic, It Might Not Properly
Function,” on page 14
Section 4.32, “Precedence of the Methods for Changing the Page Order of a Property Book,”
on page 15
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Section 4.33, “508 Testing-Valued or Unvalued Attributes Cannot Be Edited using Keyboard,”
on page 15
Section 4.34, “Some of the DSFW Objects Are Defined as Unknown Type in iManager,” on
page 15
Section 4.35, “DSFW Administrator Cannot Configure RBS in iManager,” on page 15
Section 4.36, “The Custom Plug-Ins Which Were Installed before iManager 2.7.2 Are
Displayed as “X” under the “Installed” Column in the Plug-In Studio Page,” on page 15
Section 4.37, “Newly added Property Book pages such as Nested Settings, Group Member, and
Group Memberships Do Not Appear while Modifying a Group.,” on page 16
Section 4.38, “iManager User Cannot Log In to a Child Server that Holds the Replica of a
Partition when the Master Server is Down,” on page 16
Section 4.39, “iManager Plug-In Uninstallation Does Not Properly Happen on Windows
Vista,” on page 16
Section 4.40, “iManager Installation in Portuguese-Brazilian Locale Corrupts the
gettingstarted.html File,” on page 17
Section 4.41, “Uninstallation of iManager Plug-In Does Not Happen Properly,” on page 17
Section 4.42, “Tomcat Crashes while Creating a Custom Plug-In,” on page 17
Section 4.43, “NDS Login Hangs during Invalid Login,” on page 18
Section 4.44, “Java Exception in PKI Plug-In due to the dependency on Compat RPM,” on
page 18
Section 4.45, “Authentication Error with SLES 10 SP3,” on page 18
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