Privilege Manager for Unix requires that you choose a host to act as the policy server. This machine will run the pmmasterd daemon and must be available to manage requests for the whole network.
Run the policy server daemon on the most secure and reliable node. To maximize security, ensure the computer is physically inaccessible and carefully isolated from the network.
The policy server requires that the pmmasterd port (TCP/IP port 12345, by default) is available, and that PM Agent hosts joined to the policy server are able to communicate with the policy server on this network port.
You can run multiple policy servers for redundancy and stability. Privilege Manager for Unix automatically selects an available policy server if more than one is on the network. For now, choose one machine to run pmmasterd. See pmmasterd for more information.
Each machine that runs requests using Privilege Manager for Unix must run a pmlocald daemon. Typically you will run pmlocald on all your machines. See pmlocald for more information.
After you make sure your primary policy server host meets the system requirements, you are ready to install the Privilege Manager for Unix packages.
To install the Privilege Manager for Unix packages
- From the command line of the host designated as your primary policy server, run the platform-specific installer. For example, run:
# rpm --install qpm-server-*.rpm
The Solaris server has a filename that starts with QSFTpmsrv.
When you install the qpm-server package, it installs all three Privilege Manager for Unix components on that host: the Privilege Manager for Unix Policy Server, the PM Agent, and the Sudo Plugin.
For details instructions on installing and configuring Safeguard for Sudo, see the One Identity Safeguard for Sudo Administration Guide.
After you install the primary policy server, you may want to update your PATH to include the Privilege Manager for Unix commands.
To modify the user's PATH environment variable
- If you are a Privilege Manager for Unix administrator, add these quest-specific directories to your PATH environment:
/opt/quest/bin:/opt/quest/sbin
- If you are a Privilege Manager for Unix user, add this path to your PATH environment:
/opt/quest/bin
