An IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer is running on an Oracle Solaris server and is started with Netcool Process agent nco_pad (named AGG1_PA) and it is running with – authenticate PAM option. All processes are correctly started automatically after rebooting the server, but the command, nco_pa_status, always returns Failed to authenticate after entering the password.
What are two possible causes for this behavior?
A. The password needs to be encrypted with nco_crypt.
B. The administrator did not provide the option -server AGG1_PA when running nco_pa_status.
C. The ObjectServer is not running as root.
D. The administrator did not enter the UNIX password but instead provided the ObjectServer password for the same user.
E. The ObjectServer properties PA.Username, PA.Password have not been set correctly.
Answer: B,C
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