NRPE + raidutil ?

[Frederik Vanhee]

Hello,

late respone, I know, but what about

chmod u+s raidutil

Then your nrpe-user can execute the command with root-priviledges.

Frederik

rader at ginseng.hep.wisc.edu wrote:

> > I'm trying to monitor RAID array status using NRPE.  But I'm running 
> > into minor security issues.
> > 
> > * Adaptec 2100S RAID controller
> > * CentOS 4.2
> > * raidutil RPM from http://i2o.shadowconnect.com
> > 
> > When logged directly into the system to monitor, the raidutil command 
> > only works if I am root.
>
>chmod 755 `which raidutil`
>
>as root?
>
> > But NRPE refuses to start if I tell it to use root as user and group. 
> > (Running under xinetd, in this case)
> > 
> > Can anyone tell me the best (most secure) way to get this working 
> > properly?  This web page seems to talk about it, but in Czech...
> > 
> > http://homel.vsb.cz/~jas02/raid/
> > 
> > I am using an apparently custom Nagios plugin called "check_dpt_raid" 
> > and again, it seems to run manually just fine as long as I am root. 
> > (Can't remember where I got the plugin -- maybe from someone's mention 
> > of it on the mailing list.  Nothing comes up when I search for the name!)
>
>ftp://noc.hep.wisc.edu/pub/src/nagios/
>
>?
>
>...but I really can't help you because we don't use NRPE.
>(We run check_dpt_raid via Net-SNMP's snmpd.)
>
>steve 
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