[DISPATCH-1011] Policy username substitution fails to match certain user names

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.0
• Component/s: Policy Engine
• Assignee: Charles E. Rolke
• Reporter: Charles E. Rolke
• Created: 25/May/18 12:47
• Updated: 04/Feb/19 15:15
• Resolved: 04/Jun/18 17:12

Description

If a username is a substring of a policy rule's static text then the username substitution fails. For example:

    if (!_qd_policy_approve_link_name("em", "temp-${user}", "temp-em"))
        return "proposed link 'temp-em' should match allowed links with ${user} but does not";

Since the username em is found in the fixed text of temp- then the substitution logic goes awry and the match fails. Thanks to aconway for making this observation.

Issue Links

• duplicates: DISPATCH-995 gcc 8.1 format-truncation errors
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #311