Bug ID 879001: LDAP data is not updated consistently which might affect authentication.

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP TMOS(all modules)

Fixed In:
16.0.0, 15.1.9

Opened: Feb 08, 2020

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Change not updated in LDAP when the system auth source ('systemauth.source' DB key/'Auth Source Type') is set to Active Directory. This change is not applied when the setting is modified (e.g., from local or LDAP to Active Directory, or from Active Directory to LDAP). Instead, the change is applied only when MCPD is rewriting the file for other reasons.

Impact

LDAP data is not updated consistently, and authentication might fail.

Conditions

Changing the 'systemauth.source' DB key/'Auth Source Type': -- From local to Active Directory. -- From LDAP to Active Directory. -- From Active Directory to LDAP.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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