User impersonation for process steps#

HCL™ Launch can use user impersonation when an agent must run a command for which it might not otherwise have permission, or when a specific user must be employed for a process.

On UNIX™ and Linux™ systems, the su and sudo commands are used to impersonate users; on Windows™ HCL Launch provides a utility program to handle impersonation. You implement impersonation when you configure a component's plug-in process step or resource.

Note:

When using impersonation, the user running the agent needs to have read, write, and execute access to the agent working directory.

The user starting the plugin as impersonating user needs to also have read, write, and execute access to the agent working directory.

Parent topic: Processes