Problem with Check_DHCP

[Fotios Magoufis]

Yes, I ran it as root and still no success.  If I execute the command as
root, it works fine. 


Fotios Magoufis | Operations Manager
Furniture.com | 85 River Street Waltham, MA 02453 | 781-693-2131

-----Original Message-----
From: Andreas Ericsson [mailto:ae at op5.se] 
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 10:04 AM
To: Fotios Magoufis
Cc: Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Problem with Check_DHCP

Fotios Magoufis wrote:
> I've been having such a hard time getting the check_dhcp to work, but 
> I still can't figure it out.  When the service runs as the nagios 
> user, I get the following error:
>  
> Error: Could not bind socket to interface eth0. Check your privileges.
>  
> I tried setting chmod +s check_dhcp, but it did not have any positive 
> effect.
>  
> Any ideas on how to fix?
>  

I suppose you did chmod +s check_dhcp as root, right?

Does it work when you run it as root from the console?

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