"VCS WARNING V-16-1-50100 Command (haconf -makerw) failed. Cluster Administrator or Group Administrator privilege required"

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Description

Error Message

WARNING V-16-1-50100 Command (haconf -makerw) failed. Cluster Administrator or Group Administrator privilege required

or

VCS ERROR V-16-1-53006 Unable to connect to VCS engine secure
 

Cause

The LDAP users don't work as local users, even if the LDAP authentication is enabled on the OS. You still have to configure VCS to enable LDAP authentication as well.

Resolution

Make sure that the procedure in the VCS install guide as been followed :
"vcs_install_61_lin.pdf page 371 Enabling LDAP authentication for clusters that run in secure mode"
 

Issue/Introduction

Here is the sequence of commands that can be used to reproduce the error:

#  getent   passwd   ldapuser1
ldapuser1 :*:500:501: ldapuser1 :/home/guests/ ldapuser1 :/bin/bash
#  grep   ldapuser1  /etc/ passwd
#  haconf   -makerw
#  hauser  -add  ldapuser1   -priv  Administrator
#  haconf  -dump  -makero
#  su  -  ldapuser1
-bash-4.1$ /opt/ VRTS /bin/ haconf   -makerw
VCS  WARNING V-16-1-50100 Command ( haconf   -makerw ) failed. Cluster Administrator or Group Administrator privilege required
-bash-4.1$