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  3. Section III. Certified configurations
  4. Capacity Manager configurations
  5. Host access privileges, sudo commands, ports, and WMI proxy requirements

Host access privileges, sudo commands, ports, and WMI proxy requirements

If you are using sudo to elevate access to root privileges, update the sudoers file:

  • Sudoers file: /etc/sudoers

  • Use the lists of the sudo commands (per OS) that are located on the Portal server in:

    <Home>/opt/aptare/updates
  • Comment out this line in the sudoers file: Defaults requiretty

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