Safeguard Authentication Services 5.0.2
Safeguard Authentication Services 5.0.2
Safeguard Authentication Services Release Notes
07 May 2021, 10:18
These release notes provide information about the Safeguard Authentication Services 5.0.2 release.
About this release
Safeguard Authentication Services extends the capabilities of UNIX, Linux, and Mac systems to seamlessly and transparently join Active Directory and integrate Unix identities with Active Directory Windows accounts.
Safeguard Authentication Services 5.0.2 is a minor release that includes various bug and stability fixes. See Resolved issues for a list of fixes included in this release.
End of support notice
After careful consideration, One Identity has decided to cease the development of the Management Console for Unix (MCU). Therefore, the MCU will enter limited support for all versions on April 1, 2021. Support for all versions will reach end of life on Nov 1, 2021. For definitions of support, see the Software Product Support Lifecycle Policy.
As One Identity retires the MCU, we are building its feature set into modern platforms starting with Software Distribution and Profiling. Customers that use the MCU to deploy Authentication Services and Safeguard for Sudo can now use our Ansible collections for those products, which can be found at Ansible Galaxy.
The following is a list of issues addressed in this release.
Table 1: General resolved issues in version 5.0.2
| Fixed issue when the preflight tool mistakenly detects that 88 / TCP port is blocked. |
198217 |
| Fixed issue when Azure Active Directory refuses to import / create service accounts with invalid UPN format. |
198971 |
| We provide newer format rpm packages, which can be installed on RHEL 8 that is switched to FIPS compliant mode as well. |
251223 |
| Fixed issue when a communication failure with the AD erroneously leads to user being removed from the user cache. |
256249 |
| vastool: Added proper warning message when vastool cannot find an entry in AD if the search-base setting is incorrect. |
261831 |
| Fixed crash of SAS Control Center when a user without the appropriate permission attempts to modify Starling proxy settings. |
264357 |
| Fixed issue with Starling Two Factor Authentication tokens that are not precisely 7 characters long. Safeguard Authentication Services now accepts tokens of dynamic length, within the valid range of 6 - 8 characters. |
267194 |
| Fixed issue where Safeguard Authentication Services version 5.0.1 could not be installed on macOS 11.2+ 'Big Sur'. |
268744 |
| Fixed bug when Unix attributes are not visible due to QAC / Windows client version mismatch. |
270055 |
| Fixed bug when adding / removing users to / from mapped user file caused other, random users to become unmapped. |
270424 |
The following table provides a list of supported Unix and Linux platforms for Safeguard Authentication Services.
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CAUTION: In Safeguard Authentication Services version 5.1, support for the following Linux platforms and architectures will be deprecated:
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Linux platforms
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Linux architectures
Make sure that you prepare your system for an upgrade to a supported Linux platform and architecture, so that you can upgrade to Safeguard Authentication Services version 5.1 when it is released. |
Table 2: Unix agent: Supported platforms
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Amazon Linux AMI |
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x86_64 |
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Apple macOS |
10.13 or later |
x86_64 |
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CentOS Linux |
5, 6, 7, 8 |
Current Linux architectures: s390, s390x, PPC64, PPC64le, IA-64, x86, x86_64, AARCH64 |
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Debian |
Current supported releases |
x86_64, x86, AARCH64 |
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Fedora Linux |
Current supported releases |
x86_64, x86, AARCH64 |
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FreeBSD |
10.x, 11.x, 12.x |
x32, x64 |
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HP-UX |
11.31 |
PA, IA-64 |
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IBM AIX |
7.1, 7.2 |
Power 4+ |
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OpenSuSE |
Current supported releases |
x86_64, x86, AARCH64 |
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Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) |
5, 6, 7, 8 |
Current Linux architectures: s390, s390x, PPC64, PPC64le, IA-64, x86, x86_64, AARCH64 |
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Oracle Solaris |
10 8/11 (Update 10),
11.x |
SPARC, x64 |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) |
5, 6, 7, 8 |
Current Linux architectures: s390, s390x, PPC64, PPC64le, IA-64, x86, x86_64, AARCH64 |
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SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)/Workstation |
11, 12, 15 |
Current Linux architectures: s390, s390x, PPC64, PPC64le, IA-64, x86, x86_64, AARCH64 |
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Ubuntu |
Current supported releases |
x86_64, x86, AARCH64 |
Before installing Safeguard Authentication Services 5.0.2, ensure that your system meets the minimum hardware and software requirements for your platform. The operating system patch level, hardware, and disk requirements vary by Unix, Linux, and Active Directory platform, and are detailed in the One Identity Safeguard Authentication Services Administration Guide.
NOTE: When setting up a virtual environment, carefully consider the configuration aspects such as CPU, memory availability, I/O subsystem, and network infrastructure to ensure the virtual layer has the necessary resources available. Please consult One Identity's Product Support Policies for more information on environment virtualization.
