Setting sudo privileges

To use IBM Spectrum® Protect Plus to protect your data, you must install the required version of the sudo program.

About this task

Set up a dedicated IBM Spectrum Protect Plus agent user with the required superuser privileges for sudo. This configuration enables agent users to run commands without a password.

Procedure

  1. Create an agent user by issuing the following command:

    useradd -m agent

    where agent specifies the name of the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus agent user.
  2. Set a password for the new user by issuing the following command:

    passwd mongodb_agent

  3. To enable superuser privileges for the agent user, set the !requiretty setting. At the end of the sudo configuration file, add the following lines: 
    Defaults:agent !requiretty

agent ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL

    Alternatively, if your sudoers file is configured to import configurations from another directory, for example /etc/sudoers.d, you can add the lines in the appropriate file in that directory.