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One Identity Management Console for Unix 2.5.2 - Release Notes

Release Notes

One Identity Management Console for Unix 2.5.2

Release Notes

February 2020

These release notes provide information about the One Identity Management Console for Unix 2.5.2 release.

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About this release

One Identity Management Console for Unix is a web-based console that delivers a consolidated view and centralized point of management for local Unix users and groups, including:

  • Local Unix user and group management
  • Centralized reporting
  • Pre-migration readiness assessment for integrating with Active Directory
  • Remote client-agent deployment
  • Secure local Unix accounts with Active Directory authentication

Key features and capabilities of the management console:

  • Local Unix user and group management
  • Active Directory integration
  • Privilege Manager integration
  • Remote agent deployment
  • Role-Based Access Control
  • Reporting
  • Securing Local Unix accounts with Active Directory authentication
  • Web services

This release is a minor release that includes Java 8 support and various bug and stability fixes. See Resolved issues for a list of fixes included in this release.

Resolved Issues

The following is a list of issues addressed in One Identity Management Console for Unix 2.5.2.

Table 1: Resolved issues
Resolved Issue Issue ID

Restore console.sspi functionality on Windows 8 and above.

27355

Host Access Control truncates group name that contains whitespace.

28470

Host Access Control strips realm from group name.

28472

Add AD users to local groups using lowercase name if nss_vas lowercase-names is configured.

28518

28566

Ensure permissions on /var/opt/quest/home.

28556

AD Readiness fails on host when there are too many srv records returned by DNS.

28561

28565

Increase complexity of auto-generated passwords.

28576

Add parameter to pmresolvehost command to force hostname resolution.

28607

Support explicit inclusion / exclusion of multiple AD domains and sites.

28609

Ignore blank lines from pmlogsearch csv output.

 28611

Support underscores in DNS domain names.

28616

Use unalias -a to avoid aliases that may override critical commands.

28624

Support HTTP 202 and 208 status in notify.sh scripts.

28641

Suppress output from kill $PID in notify.sh scripts.

28644

MCU uses a different escape character for CSV output than QPM does.

28646

Fix handling of Authentication Services version numbers on AIX.

682502

712725

Support QPM4U 6 policy syntax.

729045

Support SSH hmac-sha2-256.

753453

Known Issues

The following is a list of issues known to exist at the time of release.

Table 2: Known issues
Known Issue Issue ID

SSH Failure

Management Console for Unix does not support Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux).

 27455

Policy Editor

When multiple people are editing the same policy file, the last saved version of the policy overwrites the other's changes.

 27703

PowerShell Cmdlets

!= comparison operator is not working for "Find" filters.

Workaround: Use PowerShell cmdlets to search for objects.

 27854

Windows browser on same host as server

Internet Explorer and Edge running on the same Windows host as the server do not connect.

Workaround: Run Internet Explorer or Edge on other hosts, or use Chrome or Firefox.

717024

Help button

The ? button shows built-in 2.5.1 documentation, not 2.5.2.

Workaround: https://support.oneidentity.com/authentication-services/technical-documents links to the current online documentation.

736930

Getting Started tab shows nothing

After logging in the Getting Started tab may show none of its content.

Workaround: Use the browser's Refresh button.

783061

System Requirements

Before installing Management Console for Unix 2.5.2, ensure that your system meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements for your platform.

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.

One Identity Management Console for Unix Web Server

Table 3: System requirements
Component Requirements
Supported Platforms

Can be installed on the following configurations:

  • Windows x86 (32-bit)
  • Windows x86-64 (64-bit)
  • Unix/Linux systems for which Java 8 is available
Server Requirements

The Management Console for Unix server requires Java 8 (also referred to as JRE 8, JDK 8, JRE 1.8, and JDK 1.8).

Managed Host Requirements

Click www.oneidentity.com/products/authentication-services/ to view a list of Unix, Linux, and Mac platforms that support Authentication Services.

Click www.oneidentity.com/products/privilege-manager-for-unix/ to review a list of Unix and Linux platforms that support Privilege Manager for Unix.

Click www.oneidentity.com/products/privilege-manager-for-sudo/ to review a list of Unix, Linux, and Mac platforms that support Privilege Manager for Sudo.

NOTE: To enable the Management Console for Unix server to interact with the host, you must install both an SSH server (that is, sshd) and an SSH client on each managed host. Both OpenSSH 2.5 (and higher) and Tectia SSH 5.0 (and higher) are supported.
NOTE: Management Console for Unix does not support Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux).

NOTE: When you install Authentication Services on Solaris 10 (SPARC - 32/64-bit), the Solaris 10 packages are installed.

Default Memory Requirement:

1024 MB

NOTE: See JVM memory tuning suggestions in the One Identity Management Console for Unix Administration Guide for information about changing the default memory allocation setting in the configuration file.
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