Can you install SIM 4.2 using a domain account on 2003?

[Lee Boruchow]

The install guide says not to, but can you?
...and then just do the SSH steps outlined in the readme file?

Thanks.

[Greg Gover]

I installed using a domain account with no issues. I have not setup the SSH on the remote systems. Only on the CMS.

I am currently having a issue with Performance mgmt pack, but it was working.

So I probably did something to cause the failure.

[Lee Boruchow]

Ok, but what account is your SSH service running under? Still the domain account?

[Joel Rubenstein]

Lee,

Yes SSH runs fine under a domain account.
The 4.2 SSH installer was updated to make the Windows 2003 changes automatically and therefore you should not need to perform the steps indicated in the readme file.

[Lee Boruchow]

ah... i did not know that!
That makes a big difference... so I can just disregard all of the "fixes" discussed on this board?

[Joel Rubenstein]

You should not need to do the steps outlined in the readme file. However you may need to either add the administrator account to SSH or else modify the tool definitions to use the domain account you installed SSH with. All this is explained in the white paper.

SSH installations rarely work right out of the box but usually require some tweaking to get them going.

[Lee Boruchow]

Thanks again

I have reviewed the whitepaper, and it doesnt really cover changing the tool definitions to run as the domain account

can you give some steps?

[David Claypool]

Lee: See thread at http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=781430

[Joel Rubenstein]

if you look in the file C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\etc\passwd you will see entries like

Administrator:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:500:513:U-AETML530\Administrator,S-1-5-21-1792761498-767816368-506675766-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/switch

The first parameter (in this case Administrator) is the name you want to change in the tool definitions for the which is the user SIM executes the commands as.

[Lee Boruchow]

Joel...
during the SSH install, it asks for an account to run the service under

If I enter a domain account and password, it indicates that the password is invalid... even if it is valid

any thoughts?

[Jennifer Taylor_4]

I'm having the same issue. I really want to use the domain admin account as we don't use the local admin for anything. I've uninstalled and reinstalled "everything" 3 times now. I want 1 username and 1 password for everything. Is that possible?

[Jennifer Taylor_4]

One more thing, It would have been nice of HP to take the 2003 install warning out of the install papers if it doesn't apply anymore. It got very confusing on which admin to use in some parts. The local or domain.

[Annette Jones_3]

Is this a custom or Typical install, try this thread!

Typical install will use the account you are logged on as, Custom will request an accountname/password.
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=770599

[Joel Rubenstein]

To install SSH using a domain account run can run the installation manually as follows

openssh.exe /domain="MYDOMAIN"

You should then get to an interactive installation screen, where you can change the location of the install to your preferred application drive, AND use a domain account to be the service account.

(It is not necessary to use MYDOMAIN\domain-account on the interactive screen, just domain-account works fine.)

[Jennifer Taylor_4]

Thank you,
SSH turned out to be the only thing that wouldn't take the domain acct settings. Do you know if I can reinstall it or should I uninstall it first then do a fresh install?

[Joel Rubenstein]

I would recommend uninstalling openSSH and then reinstalling.