minor fix for issue VOLTTRON#3110

schandrika · Aug 25, 2023 · 86628db · 86628db
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commit 86628db
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/volttron/platform/vip/agent/subsystems/rpc.py b/volttron/platform/vip/agent/subsystems/rpc.py
@@ -304,9 +304,9 @@ def _add_auth_check(self, method, required_caps):
         def checked_method(*args, **kwargs):
             user = str(self.context.vip_message.user)
             if self._message_bus == "rmq":
-                # When we address issue #2107 external platform user should
-                # have instance name also included in username.
-                user = user.split(".")[1]
+                # remove platform instance name. rmq user names are of the format <instance name>.<user>
+                user = user[user.index(".")+1:]
+
             user_capabilites = self._owner.vip.auth.get_capabilities(user)
             _log.debug("**user caps is: {}".format(user_capabilites))
             if user_capabilites: