RunAs another user in UNIX

Hello:

We have the 24x7 Scheduler (Multiplatform Java Edition) currently installed on a UNIX machine. When I log into the application (via X-Win32) I use a particular UNIX account (say user1). As such, I'm able to create various jobs, most of them running on same UNIX machine under different users (user2, user3, etc).

The problem we have is the 24x7 only run jobs that run as user1 and all other jobs that run as other users (not the one signed on the application) abort with exit code 65,459.

Please help us understand why this is happening.

Thanks in advance.

For that to work you must run the scheduler using the root user account. Only root account would let it run jobs using other user ID. Think of this as if the scheduler internally executing the su command to change user context before running a job.

An alternative method is to setup the scheduler in multiple directories - separate directory for each user, let's say user1 and user2 and start multiple instances of the scheduler using different user accounts. If you use remote connectivity, make sure to configure each instance to use different port numbers for the Listener. These port numbers can be changed Tools/Options menu; on the Network settings tab page; or edit preferences.xml in vi if you run the scheduler in console mode and then restart the scheduler with new settings. Of course in this scenario you would need to define 2 remotte profiles on the master scheduler site using same machine name but different port numbers that you have selected for different instances.