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3748526 - Error: "event not found" in hdbuserstore SET command

Symptom

  • Running the hdbuserstore SET command with a password containing the ! (exclamation mark) or other spechial characters fails immediately with an error such as xxx: Event not found. — "xxx" represents the characters following ! or other special characters in the password
  • The hdbuserstore entry is not created; no confirmation message is returned
  • Run 'hdbsql -U <key name>' failed to connect to the database with authentication failed issue.
  • Error occurs regardless of whether the password is wrapped in single quotes ('...') or double quotes ("...")
  • For example:
    hdbuserstore SET <KEY> <hostname>:<port> <DB_USER> 'Password!1234'
    
    Output:
    1234: Event not found.


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Environment

  • SAP HANA Client
  • Linux Operation System

Product

SAP HANA, platform edition all versions

Keywords

user locked, schema user, locked automatically, hdbuserstore, special characters, password mismatch, unsuccessful connect, audit_log, invalid login, sap hana cockpit, user management, security, account lock, password policy, application connection , KBA , HAN-DB-SEC , SAP HANA Security & User Management , Problem

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