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Allowing Non-Root Linux Users to Start and Stop NNMi

Note If the /opt/OV directory is on a partition with the nosuid option set, the non-root user feature is not available. See /etc/fstab to determine if the partition is configured with the nosuid option set.

NNMi provides a way to allow non-root Linux users to start and stop NNMi. Do the following:

  1. As root, edit the following file:

    $NnmDataDir/shared/nnm/conf/ovstart.allow
  2. Include the non-root users (one per line) that you want to be able to start and stop NNMi.
  3. Save your changes.

When making file changes under High Availability (HA), you need to make the changes on both nodes in the cluster. For NNMi using HA configurations, if the change requires you to stop and restart the NNMi management server, you must put the nodes in maintenance mode before running the ovstop and ovstart commands.