Setting up AWA libpam.so for AIX (unix) agent

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine

Issue/Introduction

There is a [PAM] stanza in the ucxja64.ini file that references the libpam.so module that is not available in the AIX repertories.

[PAM]

libName=libpam.so

pam_Open_Session=no

 

Environment

Release :

Component: AUTOMATION ENGINE

Resolution

Provide a statically linked archive that contains the shared objects in the following location '/usr/lib/libpam.a'.

Extract the object file from the static archive and then reference it in the 'ucxja64.ini' config. 

cd /opt/automic/12.2/Agents/unix/bin

ar -X64 -x /usr/lib/libpam.a

mv shr_64.o libpam64.o

ucxja64.ini config:

libName=/opt/automic/Agents/unix/bin/libpam64.o

The following three lines need to be added to /etc/pam.conf

ucxja64 auth required /usr/lib/security/pam_aix

ucxja64 account required /usr/lib/security/pam_aix

ucxja64 password required /usr/lib/security/pam_aix