check_dhcp

[Andreas Ericsson]

chown root:nagios check_dhcp
chmod 4710 check_dhcp

"check your privileges" is supposed to be a hint.

Richard Gliebe wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I have a problem with the check_dhcp plugin.
> 
> When I run it from commandline as root if works fine.
> 
> [...]
> # ./check_dhcp -i bge0
> DHCP ok: Received 1 DHCPOFFER(s), max lease time = 3600 sec
> [...]
> 
> But running from Nagios it failes:
> 
> [...]
> Error: Could not bind to DHCP socket (port 68)!  Check your
> privileges...
> [...]
> 
> The Nagios processes are running as user "nagios".
> # id nagios
> uid=1001(nagios) gid=1001(nagios) groups=1001(nagios), 80(www)
> 
> Here is my checkcommands.cfg:
> # 'check_dhcp' command definition
> define command{
>         command_name    check_dhcp
>         command_line    $USER1$/check_dhcp -i $ARG1$
>         }
> 
> and my service definition:
> #define service{
>        use                             generic-service 
>        host_name                       my.hostname.com
>        service_description             DHCP
>        is_volatile                     0
>        check_period                    24x7
>        max_check_attempts              3
>        normal_check_interval           3
>        retry_check_interval            1
>        contact_groups                  sys-admins
>        notification_interval           0
>        notification_period             24x7
>        notification_options            w,u,c,r
>        check_command                   check_dhcp!bge0
>        }
> 
> 
> We are running Nagios Version 2.0b3 on FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE
> 
> thanks in advance
> Richard
> 

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