Troubleshooting Linux Permissions
To help limit access to information about a Flex Gateway, the following flexctl commands can be executed on Linux deployments only by the root user and by users in the flex user group:
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flexctl dump -
flexctl version -
flexctl check connections -
flexctl probe -
flexctl registration inspect(when executed without the--fileflag)
There are two options to execute these commands:
Add the User to the Flex User Group
Adding a user to the flex user group is a permanent solution and requires no action after the user is added. Execute the following command to add the current user to the flex user group:
sudo usermod -a -G flex $USERAfter running the command, the user must log in to the VM again to begin using the flexctl commands.
Run as the Root User
Executing the sudo command with your flexctl command is the quickest way to access Flex Gateway information. However, you must execute the sudo command every time you run a flexctl command if the user is not part of the flex user group:
sudo flexctl <command>When the sudo flexctl dump command is executed, the root user is the owner of the created dump files. If the current user is not the root user, the user cannot view the dumped files. To view the files, execute the following command to change the owner of the files:
sudo chown $USER *.json