SSDBLoad accidentally run by root vs spectrum owner - Error: chown spectrum:spectrum to the files in /SS/ folder to correct file permissions

Products

• Network Observability
• Spectrum

Issue/Introduction

Ran SSDBLoad accidentally as root and got the below error:

Error: chown spectrum:spectrum to the files in /SS/ folder to correct file permissions

Resolution

Verify file ownership by running the below command:

ls -lah $SPECROOT/SS

Change ownership if needed (replace spectrum with install owner):

cd $SPECROOT/SS
chown spectrum *.db
chown spectrum *.ix
chown spectrum VNM.OUT