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SupportAssist Enterprise Version 1.0 User's Guide

Configuring sudo access for SupportAssist Enterprise (Linux)

In Linux operating systems, users with sudo access may be granted administrative privileges to run certain commands. If you have added a remote device in SupportAssist Enterprise using the credentials of a sudo user, you must perform the following steps to allow SupportAssist Enterprise to monitor and collect system information from the device.

Prerequisites

Ensure that you are logged in to the remote device as a user with root privileges.

Steps

  1. Open the terminal window.
  2. Set the home directory path for the user — Type useradd user_name -d /home and press Enter.
  3. Open the /etc/sudoers file.
  4. Insert an exclamation mark [!] on the requiretty line. For example, !requiretty
  5. Add one of the following based on your preference:
    • %root ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL — To grant permission to all users in the root group.
    • user_name ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL — To grant permission to only a specific user.
  6. Save the /etc/sudoers file.

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