Remote Execution fails with error: unable to execute /var/tmp/foreman-ssh-cmd/xxxxxxxx/script: Permission denied.

Environment

• Red Hat Satellite 6

Issue

• Remote Execution fails with the below error:

  sh: unable to execute /var/tmp/foreman-ssh-cmd/xxxxxxxx/script: Permission denied
  

Resolution

• On the host running remote jobs, if /tmp or /var/tmp is mounted with noexec permissions then perform the below steps:

  • Edit /etc/fstab and remove noexec from /tmp and /var/tmp mount points.

  • Remount /tmp and /var/tmp to apply those changes

    # mount -o remount /tmp
    # mount -o remount /var/tmp
    

Root Cause

• Wrong permission is set on host /var/tmp or /tmp.

Diagnostic Steps

• On the affected content host, check the permissions set for /var/tmp & /tmp in /etc/fstab.

  [root@host ~]$ cat /etc/fstab
   
  /dev/mapper/rootvg-tmp  /tmp   xfs   defauts,nodev,nosuid  0 0
  /dev/mapper/rootvg-var_tmp /var/tmp   xfs defauts,nodev,noexec,nosuid  0 0  
  

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