failure to add lsb resource script to cluster (OPENAIS)

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1

Situation

After setting up the cluster it is not possible to add a lsb script as cluster resource. Attempts on the commandline interface fail similar to

nil:/home/blubber # crm configure
crm(live)configure# primitive test6 lsb:postfix
ERROR: lsb:postfix: could not parse meta-data:
ERROR: lsb:postfix: no such resource agent
crm(live)configure#

it is on the other hand possible to add cluster resources that use ocf scripts. In the log files there are then entries similar to

Sep 20 16:10:30 nil attrd: [15522]: info: crm_log_init_worker: Not switching to corefile directory for blubber

Resolution

The reason for this is that the Administrator working on this cluster logged in with a different account. In the above example it was the user blubber. Afterwards the user blubber became root via

su

which is wrong. It should be

su -

and then the issue is resolved. For further information check man su

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