Restrict SAM

[LucianoCarvalho]

Hi guys!
I'm trying to create a restrict sam for a user but when a I log in with that user and try to enter sam I receive the folowing error:
you must have superuser privilege(root) to
enter SAM

Does anyone have any clue?
The file /etc/sam/custom/user.cf has been created.

thanks in advance

[Pete Randall]

While logged in as root, run "sam -r" to configure the restricted SAM session for the user. Then log in as the user and run sam.


Pete

[LucianoCarvalho]

Thanks Pete, but I did that and the error is still happening.

[John Meissner]

We go one step further...

1-loging as root
2-type "sam -r" to setup restricted sam
3-set the users start up program to /usr/sbin/sam

this way he can only use sam on the system.

[S.K. Chan]

You should have 3 files created if this is setup correctly ..
/etc/sam/custom/user_name.cf
/etc/sam/custom/user_name.tp
/etc/sam/sam_custom.cu
Are they all there ?

[LucianoCarvalho]

Hi Chan.
I just have the following files:
/etc/sam/custom/user.cf
/etc/sam/custom/default.tp

this same configuration is working on another machine.
It is a hp-ux 11.00.

[Pete Randall]

Luciano,

The only files I see are the user.cf file and a "default.tp" file. It works for me on 11.11 that's not terribly up to date with patches (PHCO_24118 is the latest SAM patch I have). What OS and patch level are you dealing with?


Pete

[Helen French]

Is this happens only when you invoke restricted SAM? Can you run normal SAM session? Are root or root equivalent?

[LucianoCarvalho]

It happens when I'm logged with a ordinary user and execute /usr/sbin/sam. The same message apears when there is a restrict sam configured to the user and when there is no restrict sam configured.

[LucianoCarvalho]

I have patch PHCO_23876 installed.

[Helen French]

I would check this:
1) Log in as root
2) Execute sam -r
3) On the screen, check if the user "Has SAM privileges" marked as "yes" or "no"
4) If marked "no", then alloacate proper privileges.
5) Save and exit.
6) Now log in as user and try running SAM.

[S.K. Chan]

This is odd .. can you do this .. as root run ..(assuming skchan is the restricted user setup in SAM)
# sam -f skchan
.. are you able to get the sam screen with ONLY the allowed operation ? What "sam -f" will do is it'll load the control file /etc/sam/custom/skchan.cf as if you're running SAM in restrictive mode setup for skchan.

[Geoff Wild · Accepted solution]

what's in the user.cf file?

You may want to re-create Restricted SAM for this user - first, disable sam in sam -r for user, then delete the user.cf file - then re-setup this user....

Rgds...Geoff

[Eugene Klaus]

Hello Everyone!

I am experiencing the same problem on two machines with HPUX ver 11.00. I have followed the procedure for configuring a restricted sam user to the letter. [I have successfully done so on two other machines that are HPUX 10.20.] I have installed the patches through March 2004 and still experience the problem. If anyone has determined a solution please let me know!!

Thank you in advance.

[UnixGuy]

Well,

All you need to do is run following command:
$/usr/sbin/sam

Now you can see the sam areas you have granted priviledges...

Regards
Deepak