ERROR - User does not have permission to start/stop CA-wcc-services

Products

• CA Workload Automation AE - Scheduler (AutoSys)

Issue/Introduction

Unable to stop/start CA-wcc-services

unisrvcntr stop CA-wcc-services

ERROR - User does not have permission to start/stop CA-wcc-services

Environment

All Supported Releases of AutoSys

Cause

As per the Workload Control Center product specific you may not run the services as non-root user , you will not be authorized to run the services by root.

unisrvcntr {start|stop|restart|status} service_name

• The unisrvcntr command must be run as a root user.

 - It is Mandatory that you run the services as root user as it access /etc/init.d/wcc-services

• The service_name is optional when you run the command with the status argument. With no service name specified, the status of each service managed by unisrvcntr is displayed.

 - You could see the status of the service as read only but no access to execute as non-root user.

 

Resolution

Use 'sudo' to non-root users to copy the root access to start or stop the services.

Services must be started as root user at least recommended.