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wuquillas's avatar
wuquillas
Level 3
8 years ago

Installing Netbackup Client 7.6.1.2 on Linux/Unix

Hi, I have a question about the user that I need to use to start installation of my client Netbackup. Always have I to login as root? It is possible that I can use other user with the same permiss...
  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    8 years ago

    You were asking for documentation:

    Look at the 1st point under 'General requirements' in NetBackup Installation Guide   
    and again a couple of times in 'Installing client software ...' section. 

    NetBackup installs software by default in /usr  - only root has write permission by default.

    NetBackup uses OS software installation tools (e.g. rpm on Linux and pkg... on Solaris). These are 'root-only' commands. 

    PS: 
    Please note that 7.6.x will reach EOSL within the next 4-5 months. 
    Time to schedule upgrade to 7.7.x!

sclind's avatar
sclind
Level 6

Out of curioisty - when you say 'has root permissions' you mean the UID is zero?

PatS729's avatar
PatS729
Level 5
8 years ago

Once I was installing client using "sudo" and the installation was failing due to some PATH variables was not exported. Missing PATH variables for the sudo failing to locate OS commands, perhaps the installation was failing.

I wouldnt say that do not use root equivalent user but make sure it is literal equivalent.

Hope it helps.

 

  • wuquillas's avatar
    wuquillas
    Level 3
    8 years ago

    So, I should use "sudo" to install my agent because sudo is the same to execute my installation as root