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What minimum permission do I need to be able to run agent tasks on Linux machine?

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Hi Techies,

What minimum permission do I need to be able to run agent tasks on Linux machine?

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- Edited by Patil Atul Tuesday, June 2, 2020 6:56 AM
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 6:40 AM

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Hi,

You need a root account to push install an agent, you can monitor with a normal account (non-root), but installation and some recovery tasks needs to be performed with a root account.

You'll find this information over here:

Required capabilities for UNIX and Linux accounts
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/system-center/scom/manage-security-crossplat-capabilities?view=sc-om-2019

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Leon
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Tuesday, June 2, 2020 7:25 AM
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You actually do not need a root account to push the agent, as long as the runas account has the proper permission in sudoers.

Same goes for tasks : if the runas has the proper permission in sudoers, the task can be ran.

Tuesday, June 2, 2020 8:04 AM
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The wording is maybe not correct, what I meant by "root" is to use an account able to perform administrative tasks (sudo), which needs to be part of the sudoers.
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Tuesday, June 2, 2020 8:08 AM
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Then I entirely agree :)

Tuesday, June 2, 2020 8:15 AM