Option for Smarts Assurance to run as non-root user

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

Run Smarts Assurance as non-root user on Linux systems. 

Environment

SMARTS - 10.1.x

Resolution

Smarts Domains must be installed as root. But then it can run as a non-root user on Linux Servers. The --privopen and run-as-user options are used in conjunction to run a Domain Manager with non root privileges. The Domain Manager can startup as root, open privileged ports, and change to a non root user.

Additional Information

For more details on above parameters, Please check the latest version of the VMware Smart Assurance Security Configuration Guide.

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Smart-Assurance/10.1.12/sm-pub-smarts-security-config-guide-10112.pdf