Cannot install a depot as root.

[Rui Vilao]

Hi all,

I am trying to install a patch as root and get the error:

"testhost:/tmp/PKG1.sdpkg": You do not have the required
permissions to perform this operation. Check permissions using the
"swacl" command or see your system administrator for assistance. Or,
to manage applications designed and packaged for nonprivileged mode,
see the "run_as_superuser" option in the "sd" man page.

If I run swacl, I get:

# swacl -l host
#
# swacl Host Access Control List
#
# For host: testhost
#
# Date: Thu Jun 28 18:48:28 2007
#

ERROR: You are not authorized to perform the requested operation on
the "host" ACL at "testhost:/". Depending on whether you are
attempting to list or modify the ACL, you do not have the
required "test" or "control" permission, respectively. (Use
the "id" command to find out the identity information used by
SD to determine your access permissions.)

Any idea whats wrong here?

Any help or suggestions are welcome.

TIA,

Rui Vilao.

[John Dvorchak · Accepted solution]

Try stopping and starting the swagentd. Usually in /sbin/init.d
/sbin/init.d/swagentd stop
/sbin/init.d/swagentd start

[Rui Vilao]

Bingo! thanks John!