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User 'root' denied access - missing required capability: 'cli-route'

fletch2007 — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:28:02 GMT

At the tail end of this successful vFiler migration (the first of 16) I noticed this in the logs of the 8.1GA destination

Permission denied, user root does not have access to route

Thu May 3 14:43:15 PDT [irt-na04:tmig.step.completed:debug]: Step: 'Unbind_Source_Vfiler' of transparent migration completed at 32815 miliseconds.

Thu May 3 14:43:15 PDT [irt-na04:tmig.step.started:debug]: Step: 'Configure_IP_Addresses' of tranparent migration started at 32815 miliseconds.

Thu May 3 14:43:15 PDT [irt-na04:kern.cli.cmd:debug]: Command line input: the command is 'ifconfig'. The full command line is 'ifconfig na04-vif0-64 alias 171.65.64.100 netmask 255.255.255.0'.

Thu May 3 14:43:15 PDT [irt-na04:tmig.step.completed:debug]: Step: 'Configure_IP_Addresses' of transparent migration completed at 32828 miliseconds.

Thu May 3 14:43:15 PDT [irt-na04:tmig.step.started:debug]: Step: 'Configure_Static_Route' of tranparent migration started at 32828 miliseconds.

Thu May 3 14:43:15 PDT [irt-na04:useradmin.unauthorized.user:warning]: User 'root' denied access - missing required capability: 'cli-route'

Should I just allocate this capability to root? (why does root not have all capabilities?)

what would be the useradmin command line incantation to fix this?

thanks

Re: User 'root' denied access - missing required capability: 'cli-route'

scottgelb — Thu, 03 May 2012 22:09:44 GMT

Odd root doesn't have access. Cli-route is not in the useradmin user role for the administrator group?

Re: User 'root' denied access - missing required capability: 'cli-route'

scottgelb — Thu, 03 May 2012 22:11:04 GMT

Did it add the vFiler routes correctly even with this error? And updated the rc file with he vfiler run route add statements?

Re: User 'root' denied access - missing required capability: 'cli-route'

fletch2007 — Thu, 03 May 2012 22:18:04 GMT

root is listed with no groups

irt-na04> useradmin user list

Name: root

Info: Default system administrator.

Rid: 0

Groups:

irt-na04> useradmin role list

Name: admin

Info: Default role for administrator privileges.

Allowed Capabilities: login-*,cli-*,api-*,security-*

Name: audit

Info: Default role for audit privileges.

Allowed Capabilities: api-snmp-get,api-snmp-get-next,api-system-api-*

Name: backup

Info: Default role for NDMP privileges.

Allowed Capabilities: login-ndmp

Name: compliance

Info: Default role for compliance privileges.

Allowed Capabilities: cli-cifs*,cli-exportfs*,cli-nfs*,cli-useradmin*,api-cifs-*,api-nfs-*,login-telnet,login-http-admin,login-rsh,login-ssh,api-system-api-*,cli-snaplock*,api-snaplock-*,api-file-*,compliance-*

Name: ndmp_role

Info:

Allowed Capabilities: login-ndmp

Name: none

Info: Default role for no privileges.

Allowed Capabilities:

Name: oracle

Info:

Allowed Capabilities: login-ssh,cli-snap*

Name: power

Info: Default role for power user privileges.

Allowed Capabilities: cli-cifs*,cli-exportfs*,cli-nfs*,cli-useradmin*,api-cifs-*,api-nfs-*,login-telnet,login-http-admin,login-rsh,login-ssh,api-system-api-*

Name: root

Info: Default role for root privileges.

Allowed Capabilities: *

Re: User 'root' denied access - missing required capability: 'cli-route'

fletch2007 — Thu, 03 May 2012 22:19:45 GMT

Looks like /etc/rc was updated correctly, but the route commands were permission denied.

Luckily we have no static routes for our vFilers - just the default route

This is feeling like a bug (which is not biting us - yet)

Re: User 'root' denied access - missing required capability: 'cli-route'

scottgelb — Thu, 03 May 2012 22:21:11 GMT

Agreed. Looks like a bug.

Re: User 'root' denied access - missing required capability: 'cli-route'

fletch2007 — Thu, 03 May 2012 22:27:49 GMT

Can you verify what a proper user->group->role mapping is supposed to look like for root?

thanks

Re: User 'root' denied access - missing required capability: 'cli-route'

scottgelb — Thu, 03 May 2012 22:41:28 GMT

Same on my VSIM... no group for root.

fas6280> useradmin user list

Name: root

Info: Default system administrator.

Rid: 0

Groups:

Re: User 'root' denied access - missing required capability: 'cli-route'

fletch2007 — Fri, 04 May 2012 01:06:28 GMT

I just opened a P1 case since this bug cutover a vFiler with failed IP/routing and its not serving data

Re: User 'root' denied access - missing required capability: 'cli-route'

scottgelb — Fri, 04 May 2012 01:25:50 GMT

You can still add the routes to fix it. But looks like a data motion bug on cutover.

Let us know the Burt # when support opens it. I would create a test vFiler with routes to test with. Support may have a workaround you can try.

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