Apache management plug-in for JBoss ON fails to update resource configuration using Augeas if agent was not started as same user that owns Apache configuration or as root

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Update apache configuration fails
  • Augeas enabled but not possible to update any configuration item

  • Agent log contains:

    ERROR [ResourceContainer.invoker.nonDaemon-3] (org.rhq.plugins.apache.ApacheDirectoryComponent)- Augeas failed to save configuration Error open_augnew
message Permission denied

net.augeas.AugeasException: save failed

  • Save configuration fails:

    net.augeas.AugeasException: save failed
    at net.augeas.Augeas.processLastCall(Unknown Source)
    at net.augeas.Augeas.save(Unknown Source)

  • Agent log reports:

    ERROR [ResourceContainer.invoker.nonDaemon-5] (org.rhq.plugins.apache.ApacheDirectoryComponent)- Augeas failed to save configuration Error xfer_attrs
message Operation not permitted

net.augeas.AugeasException: save failed

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Operations Network (ON) 3.2
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2 management plug-in for JBoss ON
  • Apache HTTP Server resource connection setting Enable augeas support is set to true
  • User who owns the JBoss ON agent process does not have write permission to the Apache HTTP Server's configuration directory httpd/conf and is not the owner of the target configuration file -- httpd/conf/httpd.conf

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