Web Agent doesn't start and Apache reports error : LLAWP.exe must be callable from the system path

Products

• CA Single Sign On Secure Proxy Server (SiteMinder)
• CA Single Sign On SOA Security Manager (SiteMinder)
• CA Single Sign-On
• SITEMINDER
• CA Single Sign On Agents (SiteMinder)

Issue/Introduction

 Starting Web Agent, this one doesn't process request and reports error :

  [15/Mar/2017:11:27:30] [Error] SiteMinder Agent
  Failed to Start the LLAWP process.
  Execlp failed: 'Invalid argument'. LLAWP.exe must be callable from the system path.

  strace command reports :

  17:27:50 setuid(48) = 0
  17:27:50 execve("/opt/CA/webagent/bin/LLAWP",
  ["LLAWP", "/etc/httpd/conf/WebAgent.conf", "-APACHE22", "", ""],
  [/* 25 vars */]) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
  17:27:50 +++ exited with 127 +++

 

Environment

Web Agent 12.5CR00 64bit on Apache 2.2.15 64bit on RedHat 6 64bit;

Resolution

Solution #1:

  Set the group permissions for read/write/execute for
  the group on the directory :

  /opt/CA/webagent

  /opt/CA:
  drwx------ 4 root daemon 4.0K Mar 13 16:11 webagent

  to

  drwxrwx--- 4 root daemon 4.0K Mar 13 16:11 webagent

  solved the issue

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Solution #2

The systemd /etc/sysconf/httpd environemt variable source file is missing the /opt/CA/webagent/bin folder from the PATH variable.