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Safeguard Authentication Services 5.0.2 - Release Notes

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.

Resolved issues

The following is a list of issues addressed in this release.

Table 1: General resolved issues in version 5.0.2
Resolved Issue Issue ID
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

Supported platforms

The following table provides a list of supported Unix and Linux platforms for Safeguard Authentication Services.

CAUTION: In Safeguard Authentication Services version 5.1, support for the following Linux platforms and architectures will be deprecated:

  • Linux platforms

    • CentOS Linux 5

    • Oracle Enterprise (OEL) Linux 5

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5

  • Linux architectures

    • IA-64

    • s390

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

Platform

Version

Architecture

Amazon Linux AMI

 

x86_64

Apple macOS

10.13 or later

x86_64

CentOS Linux

5, 6, 7, 8

Current Linux architectures: s390, s390x, PPC64, PPC64le, IA-64, x86, x86_64, AARCH64

Debian

Current supported releases

x86_64, x86, AARCH64

Fedora Linux

Current supported releases

x86_64, x86, AARCH64

FreeBSD

10.x, 11.x, 12.x

x32, x64

HP-UX

11.31

PA, IA-64

IBM AIX

7.1, 7.2

Power 4+

OpenSuSE

Current supported releases

x86_64, x86, AARCH64

Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL)

5, 6, 7, 8

Current Linux architectures: s390, s390x, PPC64, PPC64le, IA-64, x86, x86_64, AARCH64

Oracle Solaris

10 8/11 (Update 10),

11.x

SPARC, x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

5, 6, 7, 8

Current Linux architectures: s390, s390x, PPC64, PPC64le, IA-64, x86, x86_64, AARCH64

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)/Workstation

11, 12, 15

Current Linux architectures: s390, s390x, PPC64, PPC64le, IA-64, x86, x86_64, AARCH64

Ubuntu

Current supported releases

x86_64, x86, AARCH64

System requirements

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.

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