A UNIX/LINUX job does not complete, the agent spool reports a permission problem: error 13 (Permission denied)

Products

• CA Workload Automation AE - Business Agents (AutoSys)
• Workload Automation Agent
• CA Workload Automation DE - System Agent (dSeries)

Issue/Introduction

A UNIX/LINUX system agent job submitted as non-root user report: Can't change to working directory '/opt/CA/ESP_System_Agent_R7': error 13 (Permission denied) or Can't change to working directory '/opt/CA/WA_Agent_R11_3_4': error 13 (Permission denied)   

When a system agent is running as root, and a job is submitted as non-root user, the job may not complete or report an error like this:

Can't change to working directory '/opt/CA/ESP_System_Agent_R7': error 13 (Permission denied).

The same job will complete successfully when the job is submitted as root. The problem may be related to permissions of the agent install directory or a directories above it. If directory permission is something like the following, then the agent may not be able to execute jobs submitted as non-root user(s).

drwxrwxr-- 9 root root 4096 Jan 2 14:03 ESP_System_Agent_R7
drwxrwxr-- 10 root root 4096 Jan 2 14:03 /opt/CA/ESP_System_Agent_R7

Environment

Release: WKLASE99000-11.3-Workload Automation-Agent SE
Component:

Cause

The 'other permission octal' in the above is missing execute permission.

Resolution

The execute permission should be added so that agent can execute a job as non-root user (see below).

drwxrwxr-x 9 root root 4096 Jan 2 14:03 ESP_System_Agent_R7
drwxrwxr-x 9 root root 4096 Jan 2 14:03 /opt/CA/ESP_System_Agent_R7