HP WBEM Services Version A.02.09 Release Notes, First Edition, September 2009

HP WBEM Services is not installed appropriately on systems that use NIS

• What is the problem? While installing HP WBEM Services, the configure phase creates the

cimsrvr user and group in the passwd(4) and group(4) files. But when you upgrade

to HP WBEM Services, as part of a custom bundle, on a system that has NIS configured, and

the custom bundle requires a restart, the configure phase is run before the NIS services are

up and running. This can cause user and group IDs to be created in the passwd(4) and

group(4) files that are already present in the NIS database.

This issue can also occur on systems that use other services, such as LDAP for user and

group management, and where those services are not available immediately after a system

is restarted.

IMPORTANT: This issue is applicable only for HP WBEM Services A.02.07 and later versions.

What is the workaround? On systems that have NIS, LDAP or other user and group

management services configured, install the HP WBEM Services A.02.07 upgrade on its own

or as part of a custom bundle that does not contain updates that require a restart.

This problem does not affect new installations where the cimsrvr user and group is present

before NIS is configured; or minor upgrades of HP WBEM Services A.02.07 where the

cimsrvr user and group is present from an earlier HP WBEM Services A.02.07 installation.

Failure to configure WBEM-CORE fileset (Updating from A.02.00.08 and earlier to A.02.05 and

later)

• What is the problem? Use of the usePAMAuthentication configuration option will result

in failure to configure the WBEM-CORE fileset during an update of the WBEM Services.

The usePAMAuthentication configuration option has been obsoleted and is no longer

supported.

• What is the workaround or available patch? You must do the following:

1. Before updating the WBEM Services, check if the usePAMAuthentication configuration

option is present in the following WBEM configuration files:

/var/opt/wbem/cimserver_current.conf

/var/opt/wbem/cimserver_planned.conf

2. If the usePAMAuthentication configuration option is present, then run the following

command before updating the WBEM Services product.

# cimconfig -u usePAMAuthentication -p