RANGER-5454: Update External user with empty firstname for backward compatibility (#825)

RakeshGuptaDev · web-flow · commit e00ac909469e · 2026-02-10T12:58:39.000+05:30
diff --git a/security-admin/src/main/java/org/apache/ranger/biz/XUserMgr.java b/security-admin/src/main/java/org/apache/ranger/biz/XUserMgr.java
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ public VXUser updateXUser(VXUser vXUser) {
 
         String firstName = vXUser.getFirstName();
 
-        if (firstName == null || "null".equalsIgnoreCase(firstName) || firstName.trim().isEmpty()) {
+        if (RangerCommonEnums.USER_EXTERNAL != vXUser.getUserSource() && (firstName == null || "null".equalsIgnoreCase(firstName) || firstName.trim().isEmpty())) {
             throw restErrorUtil.createRESTException("Please provide a valid first name.", MessageEnums.INVALID_INPUT_DATA);
         }
 

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ public VXUser updateXUser(VXUser vXUser) {`
`1055`	`1055`
`1056`	`1056`	`String firstName = vXUser.getFirstName();`
`1057`	`1057`
`1058`		`- if (firstName == null \|\| "null".equalsIgnoreCase(firstName) \|\| firstName.trim().isEmpty()) {`
	`1058`	`+ if (RangerCommonEnums.USER_EXTERNAL != vXUser.getUserSource() && (firstName == null \|\| "null".equalsIgnoreCase(firstName) \|\| firstName.trim().isEmpty())) {`
`1059`	`1059`	`throw restErrorUtil.createRESTException("Please provide a valid first name.", MessageEnums.INVALID_INPUT_DATA);`
`1060`	`1060`	`}`
`1061`	`1061`