<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-15" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> how about just using sudo to grant the nagios user the suid equivalent privilege since that's what it was designed for... that's what I do with my plugins that need root. -h <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Hari Sekhon </pre> Phil Costelloe wrote: <blockquote cite="midB25A11A2459AD84BA9B8A4DA3D8155327358F6@CADWELL.fit.local" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">dhaval thakar wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I tried with check_icmp, but the results in "check_icmp: Failed to obtain ICMP socket: Operation not permitted". i used "chmod 777 check_icmp" but didn't worked out. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> I think check_icmp needs to be owned by root and setuid in order for it to carry out socket operations. Try: chown root check_icmp chmod u+s check_icmp Standard warning: you should always understand the consequences before setting the setuid or setgid bit on a file. A Google search on "setuid" will turn up plenty of general info. Phil -------------------------------------------------------- Phil Costelloe Technical Consultant <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:philc@foundation-it.com">philc@foundation-it.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.foundation-it.com">http://www.foundation-it.com</a> Foundation IT Foundation Court Old Street Oare Hermitage Berkshire RG18 9SE Switch: +44 (0) 1635 203700 Helpdesk: +44 (0) 800 0121099 DDI: +44 (0) 1635 203719 Fax: +44 (0) 8700 543537 Mobile: +44 (0) 7884 236299 -------------------------------------------------------- This message contains confidential information and is intended only for <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a>. If you are not <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify Foundation IT immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Foundation IT therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required pl ease request a hard-copy version. -------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV">http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV</a> _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</a> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>