Password with Currency Symbol (£) does not store in credential store

  • 7008323
  • 08-Apr-2011
  • 27-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell ZENworks 10 Configuration Management with Support Pack 3 - 10.3 Authentication

Situation

Password with English Pound sign (£) does not store in credential store

Resolution

This is fixed in version 10.3 - see KB 7005455 "ZENworks Configuration Management SP3 (10.3) - update information and list of fixes" which can be found at Novell Support

Additional Information

STEPS TO REPRODUCE :
 
give user a password like qwe123!@#£
  1. login in connected state
  2. logoff
  3. disconnect network cable
  4. login with same credentials
  5. login fails