6.3 Running the installation for IBM Installation Manager
The xauth info command is run to show the current x-windows authority file settings:
[root@localhost Installs]# xauth info
Authority file: /root/.Xauthority
File new: no
File locked: no
Number of entries: 1
Changes honored: yes
Changes made: no
Current input: (argv):1
[root@localhost Installs]#
The idsldap user is modified to add the wheel group, to give it the required root security access:
usermod -aG wheel idsldap
Note: Logout and then log back into the GUI Id to list groups.
https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2018/08/15/how-to-enable-sudo-on-rhel/
The current environment groups and available groups are listed using the command:
yum group list
Install Gnome GUI using the Linux yum command and systemctl commands:
yum groupinstall “Server with GUI”
systemctl set-default graphical
reboot
The command as follows failed at first:
[root@localhost Installs]# xhost +
No protocol specified
xhost: unable to open display “:0.0”
See: https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21163846
Make sure the X11 window server is running, and use the following command to note the port number:
ps -ef | egrep X11
export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 export DISPLAY
xhost +SI:localuser:root
And add:
idsldap ALL=(ALL) ALL
After the line:
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
In the sudoers file, /etc/sudoers using the visudo editor. So this user can do all administrative jobs (the same as root) by simply prefixing sudo and entering his own password (or use idsldap ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL if you do not want to enter passwd.
The best solution was found as follows;
The following is required on RHEL 8.0 to launch the IBM Installation Manager GUI correctly:
- Select Not listed? at the main Gnome Desktop list of users.
- Log in as root.
- Enter the root Password and click Sign In.
- Select the Terminal icon from the Desktop Activities.
Enter the commands:
cd /opt/IBM/Installs/
./install
We can now follow the screenshots and procedures described in the document reference, using the ResearchGate DOI: https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.33527.57761
(IBM Security Directory Services 6.4- Installation on RHEL 8.0)
Starting from page 49 through to page 52.
