Remote-access Guide

sapinst remote access user

by Jedidiah Frami Published 2 years ago Updated 1 year ago
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SAPINST_REMOTE_ACCESS_USER: Name of an OS user who is authorized to log on remotely with name and password via the GUI. By default, this is the user of the SAPinst process.

Full Answer

What is a remote user in sapinst?

name of an OS user which may logon remotely (with name and password). See also SAP Note 1745524. default: name and password of the SAPinst process owner are needed enables or disables warning concerning remote access user: this user has to be a trusted user.

What is the remote access user?

Name of an OS user who is authorized to log on remotely with name and password via the GUI. By default, this is the user of the SAPinst process. For more information, see SAP Note 1745524. If set to ‘true’, warnings concerning the remote access user are disabled. This user must be a trusted user. For more information, see SAP Note 1745524.

Why swpm keeps asking for user password in SAP instance?

The SAP system installation is started with SAPINST_REMOTE_ACCESS_USER=<username> and SWPM URL keeps on asking for user password even if the user and password are correct. The OS user <username> is found locked at OS level after the behaviour above in web browser. Read more...

Which values are not allowed in the remote access user settings?

Other values are not allowed. Name of an OS user who is authorized to log on remotely with name and password via the GUI. By default, this is the user of the SAPinst process. For more information, see SAP Note 1745524. If set to ‘true’, warnings concerning the remote access user are disabled. This user must be a trusted user.

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Symptom

The SAP system installation is started with SAPINST_REMOTE_ACCESS_USER=<username> and SWPM URL keeps on asking for user password even if the user and password are correct.

Product

SAP NetWeaver 7.0 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.1 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.2 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.3 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.4 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.5 ; SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 ; SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.3 ; SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 ; SAP enhancement package 3 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0

Keywords

pam_tally2, tally2, Red Hat, SuSe, Linux, deny, serialize, HPUX , KBA , BC-INS-FWK , sapinst and slplugin/slcb , BC-OP-LNX , Linux , BC-INS-SWPM , Installation with Software Provisioning Manager , BC-OP-LNX-RH , Red Hat Linux , BC-OP-LNX-SUSE , SUSE Linux , BC-OP-HPX , HP-UX , Problem

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Purpose

With SWPM ( software provision manager ) we can use different options.These can be used to with sapinst independent of the operating system environment for achieving different purposes.

Overview

The wiki aims to provide list of available options that can be used with while running SWPM with "sapinst" option.Along with the standard default used options we will also be providing return codes that can be checked in case of error for troubleshooting purposes.

How to achieve this

To get the available options that can be run with SWPM you can simply the run sapinst option with a value 'p'

Symptom

When trying to use the SAPINST_REMOTE_ACCESS_USER function on Microsoft Windows, the remote SAPINST will not accept the specified remote access user.

Product

SAP NetWeaver 7.0 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.1 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.2 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.3 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.4 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.5 ; SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 ; SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.3 ; SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 ; SAP enhancement package 3 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0

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