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EM 12c: Testing Privilege Delegation Produces Message in Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud Control: ERROR: NMO Not Setuid-root (Unix-only) (Doc ID 2056805.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Applies to:

Enterprise Manager Base Platform - Version 12.1.0.3.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Testing privilege delegation in Enterprise Manager (EM) 12c Cloud Control:

Navigate: Setup > Security > Privilege Delegation > Test

on several hosts all produce the same error message:

ERROR: NMO Not Setuid-root (Unix-only)

Reviewing the permissions on the nm* files shows the following:

-ls -l <AGENT_BASE>/sbin/nm*

-rws--x--- 1 root 512 22408 Aug 27 16:42 /oracle/app/oracle/em_agent/12.1.0.4/sbin/nmb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 512 114064 Aug 27 16:42 /oracle/app/oracle/em_agent/12.1.0.4/sbin/nmgsshe
-rws--x--- 1 root 512 95208 Aug 27 16:42 /oracle/app/oracle/em_agent/12.1.0.4/sbin/nmhs
-rws--x--- 1 root 512 37480 Aug 27 16:42 /oracle/app/oracle/em_agent/12.1.0.4/sbin/nmo
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 512 528952 Aug 27 16:42 /oracle/app/oracle/em_agent/12.1.0.4/sbin/nmopdpx
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 512 528952 Aug 27 16:42 /oracle/app/oracle/em_agent/12.1.0.4/sbin/nmosudo

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