Announce: Check_Yum for RedHat/CentOS server package alerts

[Hugo van der Kooij]

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Hugo van der Kooij wrote:
| Hari Sekhon wrote:
|
| |    I've just released the Check_Yum plugin on NagiosExchange.org as the
| | only one there seemed quite inadequate.
|
| There is a design bug:
| You must be root to run this plugin (otherwise yum cannot access
| repository information)

And just to be sure. I can even run yum as nagios user:

# su - nagios -c "yum check-update"
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "security" plugin
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Skipping security plugin, no data

clamav.i386                              0.93-2.el5.rf          rpmforge

clamav-db.i386                           0.93-2.el5.rf          rpmforge

clamd.i386                               0.93-2.el5.rf          rpmforge

# su - nagios -c "yum update"
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "security" plugin
You need to be root to perform this command.

So why does this nagios plugin need to run with root priviliges?

Hugo.

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	A: Yes.
	>Q: Are you sure?
	>>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
	>>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?

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