The password mangling/corrupting issue is very Java version specific, and was confirmed as a bug by CA Support. According to them it has to do with a "change affecting a third-party authentication library" related to how Spectrum stores passwords and Java version 1.6.0_14 and later. Their current recommended work-around is to roll-back to an older version of Java, and they had no timeline for a fix (the impression I got was that it wasn't going to happen anytime soon).
One note, if you have multiple versions of Java installed, you can go to the Java config tool (under the Windows Control Panel) and select which Java versions you want available for running JNLP applications. That will let you force an older version of Java, if you have one installed. -- Christopher -----Original Message----- From: Catalin Farcasanu [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 12:07 AM To: Lentz, Jay Cc: spectrum; Cashell, Christopher P. Subject: Re: [spectrum] Spectrum-OneClick Windows 7 64bit Hi Jay, You can always try running the client with java in compatibility mode for the OneClick if everything else fails. However, as other people suggested, you should install the Java version that comes with the SPECTRUM installation and then run the OneClick with this version. This always worked for me, no matter what Windows version. Chris, you also stated that you might have problems with recent java versions if one wants to change the password. I've had some problems with the OneClick client and every time it were solved by clearing the java's cache. You might want to try this. Hth, Catalin Farcasanu SOLVIT Networks Be careful with recent Java versions. I don't know if it only applies to certain Spectrum versions, but we ran into an annoying bug using Java 1.6.0_14 and later. Basically, when running OneClick on such a version, anytime you change a user's password it will be stored in a corrupted form and they will never be able to authenticate to the changed password. Logging in and accessing/using OneClick worked just fine for me with newer versions, but don't set passwords with it. Lentz, Jay wrote: > > Is anyone having any issues with the Spectrum 9x OneClick Java client > and Windows 7 or Vista 64bit? > > I cannot get the client and the JRE to work properly together. > > > > Jay Lentz > > DynCorp International > > Network Operations Manager > > Wk# 817-224-1288 > > Cell# 682-429-0749 > > [email protected] > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > This message may contain DynCorp International Privileged/Proprietary > information. If this email is not intended for you, and you are not > responsible for the delivery of this email message to the addressee, > do not keep, copy or deliver this email message to anyone. Please > destroy this email in its entirety and notify the sender by reply > email. Your cooperation is appreciated. > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > * --To unsubscribe from spectrum, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe spectrum > [email protected] > --- To unsubscribe from spectrum, send email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe spectrum [email protected]
