[Nagios-user] Run plug-in test as Nagios user

[David Gerbec]

adi yesaya pravi:
> Hi all,
>  
> My plug-in had an output problem, it always says :
> "Return code of 9 is out of bonds"
> 
> I got a headache because when i tested the plug-in manually it worked
> and gave me some nice output.
> Then I surfed the web and found out that i have to change the ownership
> of the plug-in and run the plug-in as a nagios user.
> I did it and it worked! :-)
>  
> My question is why do we have to run the plug-in tests as Nagios user
> and change the ownership of the plugin (and other related file to it) to
> the nagios user?

Plugins are run under the nagios user for security resons, running stuff
under the user root is not a good idea.

As for changeing ownership to files related to plugins, try useing sudo
(man sudo).



Regards,
David Gerbec
Agenda Open Systems
[www.agenda.si]


>  
> Thanks before,
> Adi Yesaya
> 
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