Prerequisites for using Linux and HP-UX root credentials on a remote node

If you have run HP SUM as a root user directly on this system in the past, remove the temp directory created by HP SUM.

Make sure the user has read/write access permissions to the /tmp and /var directories.

If you create a sudo user, make sure that you add that user to the /etc/sudoers file. The following table shows the privileges and specifications for users.

Edit the entry in the /etc/sudoers file so the system asks for the sudo user password instead of root user password when you run the sudo command.

The following table shows the privileges to comment or remove from /etc/sudoers.

	WARNING! Only use this option with Defaults targetpw.

To use super user functionality, configure the user as a super user with all root privileges. You can also use non-root user with a root user to update components.

When using SSH keys for login credentials combined with sudo, edit the entry in the /etc/sudoers file so that the system does not ask for the user password as follows: