RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle for Active Directory Collectors logs "REFERRAL set to : true" when referrals are disabled.

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Article Number

000035867

Applies To

RSA Product Set: RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle
RSA Version/Condition: 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2
 

Issue

The aveksaServer.log file logs the following INFO level log message when the Ignore Referral checkbox is enabled and referrals are not being followed.
 

05/12/2017 17:36:52.350 INFO  (ApplyChangesRegularThread-114577) [com.aveksa.collector.accountdata.LdapAccountDataReader] REFERRAL set to :  true

The RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle Account Data Collector (ADC) configuration page shows that the Ignore Referral checkbox is enabled:
 

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Cause

The INFO level log message value of true refers to the state of the binary variable used to hold the value of the "Ignore Referral" checkbox selected for this collector.  Ignore referral is true, means that the LDAP collector will ignore referral requests. 

Resolution

This logging issue has been identified as a defect and is targeted for resolution in a future version of the product. 

Notes

For most configurations it is recommended that the "Ignore Referral" checkbox be checked.