How Do I Migrate a Linux Source Server as a Non-root User?

Scenarios

If you must use a non-root user account to perform the migration, ensure that the user has the required permissions before creating a migration task.

Procedure

1. For a hypothetical user, test, check whether the user is included in /etc/passwd. If it is not, run the following two commands to add the user and set the password:
   If it is, confirm that user test has a /home directory. If the user does not have a home directory, add one.

   useradd -m test
   passwd test

2. Modify the /etc/sudoers file.
   1. Add the following information to the end of the /etc/sudoers file based on the OS version:
      • Debian and Ubuntu

        test    ALL=(ALL:ALL)    ALL
        test    ALL=(ALL:ALL)   NOPASSWD:ALL

      • Other distributions:

        test    ALL=(ALL)    ALL
        test    ALL=(ALL)   NOPASSWD:ALL

   2. If Defaults requiretty is in the /etc/sudoers file, comment out it.
      

      These modifications to the sudoers file enable the user to execute administrator level commands without entering a password. After the migration is completed, you need to remove the added lines, or an exception occurs.

3. After the permissions are configured, switch to a regular account and run the following command to start the Agent:

   sudo ./startup.sh