Problem with Check_DHCP

[Andreas Ericsson]

Marc Powell wrote:
> Is check_dhcp owned by root? Just adding the sticky bit isn't sufficient
> if the owner (nagios presumably) doesn't have sufficient privileges. 
> 

Umm... just to be anal. The sticky bit is t (octal 1000). It has no real 
use for files anymore, but can be used to override write-permissions on 
directories (only owner and root can delete files in directories with 
the sticky bit set). The suid bit (s, or octal 4000) is quite different.

> --
> Marc
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
>>admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Fotios Magoufis
>>Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 9:07 AM
>>To: Andreas Ericsson
>>Cc: Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>>Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Problem with Check_DHCP
>>
>>Yes, I ran it as root and still no success.  If I execute the command
> 
> as
> 
>>root, it works fine.
> 
> 
> 
>>-----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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