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Status Future consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 2, 2022

zCentric Agent Installation as root

We are trying to remove reliance on root to install our TWS agent. However, after installation, there is the error - the userid used to install TWS can't impersonate to the proid which we used to run the job.

We are attempting to mitigate root access for zCentric agents. Would request that configuration is changed to install with another user ID that could be setup with impersonation rights.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    Jul 31, 2023

    This is follow on to case TS005777490 which is limiting our ability to upgrade to NFSv4. TWS files are stored on NFS for installation on Linux. NFSv3 is going end of live in 2024, so we're looking for solution to support NFSv4. Current configuration that requires root is blocking this upgrade.