Oracle AFX test connector capabilities that have password parameters intermittently fail in RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle

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Article Number

000036206

Applies To

RSA Product Set: Identity Governance & Lifecycle
RSA Version/Condition: 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2
 

Issue

The Oracle AFX connector has two connector capabilities that require a password value. These capabilities are:

• Create an Account
• Reset an Account's password

If the password used in the capability contains a dollar sign ($), the capability being executed fails to complete. The errors seen in the user interface differ depending on the location of the $ in the password itself.

Examples:

1. If the $ is the last character of the password as in password$, the below error is seen:

java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range:

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2. If the $ is the first character of the password or anywhere inside the password such as $password or paS$word, the below error is seen:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal group reference

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These same errors can be found in the connector log file, $AFX_HOME/esb/logs/AFX-CONN-{connector-name}.log.

Cause

The dollar sign ($) is a special character and is causing the failure.

This is a known defect reported in engineering ticket ACM-64072.

Resolution

This issue is resolved in the following RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle patches:

• RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle 7.0.2 P06
• RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle 7.1.0

Workaround

Use a password that does have the $ special character.