The secureMain utility helps you
bring the monitoring environment into compliance with the security
standards of your company.
On UNIX and Linux operating systems, the product installation
process creates the majority of directories and files with
world
write permissions. This configuration creates a security
situation that is not acceptable in many enterprises. Run the
secureMain utility
on all installations, especially those installations that include
the UNIX OS Agent, to prevent
privilege escalation.
Note: You do not need to be logged in as a root
user to run this utility, but you are prompted for the root password
when it is required.