How to install the PAM A2A Agent to a different directory structure then the defaults

Products

• CA Privileged Access Manager (PAM)

Issue/Introduction

PAM Admin has done a lot of customizations their Linux A2A scripts that rely on the Agent to be installed to a certain directory (/opt/<default directory>).

However in PAM 4.1.3 (RPM Installer) - the agent can only be installed to:

/opt/Broadcom/PAM/A2A

and the setup_unix command, what ever directory your choose (say /opt/<default directory>), will install to /opt/<default directory>/catech.

Environment

PAM A2A RPM Linux Agent 4.1.3 and higher

PAM A2A Linux Agent 4.1.0 and higher

Resolution

Ultimately if you want to just have A2A Agents installed to your default /opt/<default directory> directory.

You have to create the following directories and use the following symbolic links before installing the new agent:

• RPM Installer:

mkdir /opt/<default directory>
mkdir -p /opt/Broadcom/PAM
ln -s /opt/<default directory> /opt/Broadcom/PAM/A2A

• Default Installer (setup_unix):

mkdir /opt/<default directory>
ln -s /opt/<default directory> /opt/<default directory>/catech