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Re: different behaviors for admin user without password

From: Shing Wai Chan <Shing-Wai.Chan_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:37:56 -0700

Bill Shannon wrote:
> Shing Wai Chan wrote on 09/16/09 14:20:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I find that Admin GUI and (Admin CLI, REST) behave differently for
>> admin user without password.
>>
>> Scenario 1:
>> There is only one admin user with name "admin" without password.
>> Admin GUI, CLI and REST do not prompt for the password.
>>
>> Scenario 2:
>> There is only one admin user with name "anonymous" without password.
>> Admin GUI does not prompt for the password.
>> CLI and REST "do prompt" for the (empty) password.
>>
>> So, Admin GUI and (Admin CLI, REST) do behave differently.
>> I think they should be consistent.
>
> How are you running the admin CLI? Are you specifying "--user
> anonymous"?
> Do you have AS_ADMIN_USER set in your environment? Do you have an entry
> in ~/.asadminpass for the server you're connecting to?
I run the CLI as follows (no --user):
      asadmin list-components

I do not set AS_ADMIN_USER
In my ~/.asadminpass, it has the following:
asadmin://admin_at_localhost:4848

Shing Wai Chan


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