Safeguard for Sudo 7.1.1 - Administration Guide

Removing Safeguard packages

Where a direct upgrade is not possible, you must first remove the previously installed package, and install and configure Safeguard as a new product installation.

Removing the server package

To remove the server package

1. Run the package uninstall command for your operating system.

   For example, to remove the qpm-server package on a 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 system, run:

   # rpm --erase qpm-server

2. To complete the removal of the qpm-server package, delete:
   • pmpolicy service user
   • pmpolicy group
   • pmlog group
   • policy repository directories in /etc/opt/quest/qpm4u/

Removing the Sudo Plugin package

To remove the Sudo Plugin package

1. Run the package uninstall command for your operating system.

   For example, to remove the qpm-plugin package on a 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 system, run:

   # rpm --erase qpm-plugin

System Administration

Safeguard provides command line utilities to help you manage your policy servers. They can be used to check the status of your policy servers, edit the policy, or to simply report the information.