Running the synchronizeUserInformation script with operationType='DELETE_NONEXISTENT_USERS' includes valid groups that exist in the external LDAP (Doc ID 1986169.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 01, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

Running the synchronizeUserInformation script with operationType='DELETE_NONEXISTENT_USERS', it includes valid groups that exist in the external LDAP.
This causes the script to delete valid data from the groups from the webcenter portal tables.

Steps To Reproduce:
The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps.

NOTE: The following testcase represents a fictitious sample.  Any similarity to an actual Portal users,pages is purely coincidental and not intended in any manner.  

1. Create 2 groups in the LDAP associated to WebCenter Portal.
   e.g.: 
   Groups: testgroup1, testgroup2  
2. Create a Portal.
    
3. Give grants in the Portal to the LDAP groups.
   e.g.:
    
   testgroup1 - Participant
   testgroup2 - Moderator  
4. Run the synchronizeUserInformation script with operationType set to 'DELETE_NONEXISTENT_USERS'.
    
    
   •  Connect to the WebCenter server.
      
   • Create a directory to save the properties file generated by the synchronizeUserInformation script.
      
   • Set the ORACLE_HOME to the Webcenter Home.
     For example, in my case:
      
     export ORACLE_HOME=/<FMWMIDDLEWARE-HOME>/Oracle_WC1
      
   • Navigate to the <webcenter Home>/common/bin directory.
     e.g:
     cd $ORACLE_HOME/common/bin
      
   • Start the WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST):
      
     ./wlst.sh
      
   • Connect to the Admin Server:
     e.g.:
      
     connect()
      
   • Run the synchronizeUserInformation script with operationType='DELETE_NONEXISTENT_USERS' .
     e.g.:
     
      
     The above is wrong.
     Those are valid groups and should not be listed as users not present in the identity store.

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