Spectrum 20.2.7 (10.4.3) distributed install on Linux using sudo fails with "Insufficient privileges" error.

Products

• CA Spectrum

Issue/Introduction

The Spectrum 20.2.7 (10.4.3) distributed install on Linux using sudo fails with the following error:

./sdiclinux.exe -h hosts.txt -p passwd.txt -test -test
DX NetOps Spectrum Distributed Install Client
spectrum: Creating installation log: LOGS_20210203/spectrum.03.05
spectrum: Starting Test
spectrum: SPC-INT-20074: Insufficient privileges on spectrum.
spectrum:
spectrum: Spectrum Installation requires either ROOT access, SUDO privileges or Administrator privileges.  Please see the Spectrum Installation Guide (Document number 5136) for more information regarding SUDO.
spectrum: Test complete
All tests complete

Cause

This is due to 64 bit changes on SRAdmin and fget system API unable to process the empty lines in the sudoers file.

Environment

Release : 10.4.3

Component : Spectrum Core / SpectroSERVER

Resolution

Remove all empty lines in the sudoers file.

The following command can be used to remove all empty blank lines from the sudoers file:

sed -i '/^$/d' <sudoers file name>

 

Additional Information

This has been resolved in version 21.2.1 as per DE492836

If upgrading to 21.2.1 please remove previous versions of SrAdmin if this problem is seen and retry.