VCS prompts user name and password information when non-root users run haxxx
commands. You can use the halogin
command to save the authentication information so that you do not have to enter your credentials every time you run a VCS command. Note that you might need specific privileges to run VCS commands.
When you run the halogin
command, VCS stores encrypted authentication information in the user's home directory. For clusters running in secure mode, the command also sets up a trust relationship and retrieves a certificate from an authentication broker.
If you run the command for different hosts, VCS stores authentication information for each host. After you run the command, VCS stores the information until you end the session.
For clusters that run in secure mode, you can also generate credentials for VCS to store the information for eight years and thus configure VCS to not prompt for passwords when you run VCS commands as non-root users.
See Running HA commands as non-root users on clusters in secure mode
Root users need not run halogin
when running VCS commands from the local host.
To log on to a cluster running in secure mode
To log on to a cluster not running in secure mode
VCS prompts you for credentials every time you run a VCS command.