About a year ago there was an APAR taken (IC08812) on a problem with
the ADSM Novell client prompting for a password unpredictably even when
you had a valid .PWD file.  The APAR is closed.  Is the fix available
yet?

APAR text:
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   APAR Identifier ...... IC08812      Last Changed ........ 95/06/10
   APAR Identifier ...... IC08812      Last Changed ........ 95/06/10
   ADSM NETWARE CLIENT PERIODICALLY CANNOT READ PASSWORD FILE


   Symptom ...... IN INCORROUT            Status ........... CLOSED  PER
   Severity ................... 3         Date Closed ......... 95/06/10
   Component .......... 564802008         Duplicate of .........
   Reported Release ......... 1B0         Fixed Release ............ 999
   Component Name ADSM NOVELL CLI         Special Types ..
   Current Target Date ..95/04/06         Type of Relief ..Not Available
   SCP ................... NOVLD1         Platform ............ NOVELL

   Status Detail: Not Available

PE PTF List:

   PTF List:
   Release 1B0   : PTF not available yet


   Parent APAR:
   Child APAR list:


   ERROR DESCRIPTION:
   ADSM NetWare client does not always honor password file.
   Periodically, the NetWare client will issue the prompt:
   Please enter NetWare user for "<server-name>"
   even though there is a valid .PWD file with the user/password
   encryptions.  This problem happens very sporadically.



   LOCAL FIX:


   PROBLEM SUMMARY: encryption/decryption of password failed
   if key less than 6 characters long


   PROBLEM CONCLUSION: must programatically null out entire
   key string before encryption/decryption routine is called


   TEMPORARY FIX: increase ADSM password length or turn
   authentication off


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   MODULES/MACROS:   NONE


   SRLS:      NONE


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Wendy Alberg, Computer Resources Technical Support Group, 315 CCC,
Cornell Information Technologies, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853
wa10 AT cornell DOT edu    607/255-2672