email notice problem

[Andy Shellam (Mailing Lists)]

admin at lctn.org wrote:
>> The trick is to (while logged in or "su'd" to the Nagios user) manually
>> type out a command and keep adjusting until it works - then put that
>> into Nagios.
>> e.g. echo "Test e-mail"|/usr/sbin/sendmail -s "Host DOWN" admin at domain.com
>>     
>
>
> OK, now we're getting somewhere..... Here is the error I get under the
> nagios user:
>
> WARNING: RunAsUser for MSP ignored, check group ids (egid=1001, want=120)
> can not chdir(/var/spool/mqueue-client/): Permission denied
> Program mode requires special privileges, e.g., root or TrustedUser.
>
> What is the best way to resolve this without causing a security problem?
>
>   
This is within your MTA - you'll have to read up (in sendmail's 
documentation) on how to set your nagios shell user as a trusted user 
within sendmail - this tells sendmail the users that are allowed to use 
it in "program-mode" (i.e. local submission, not over an SMTP connection.)

Either that, or you need a script/plugin that will receive your text and 
send the mail via SMTP instead of local submission.

Somebody familiar with sendmail may be able to help, I'm afraid I'm not.

Andy.
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