<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Ok did that but still error: root@tool:/usr/local/nagios/libexec# chmod 4755 ./check_dhcp root@tool:/usr/local/nagios/libexec# ls -als check_dhcp 76 -rwsr-xr-x 1 nagios nagios 72834 2009-04-26 21:06 check_dhcp nagios@tool:~/libexec$ ./check_dhcp -s serveip1 Error: Could not bind socket to interface eth0. Check your privileges... Any other ideas? Thanks. </div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><hr size="1">F rom: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> To: Dei Bertine <deibertine@yahoo.com> Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 10:43:13 PM Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] check_dhcp issue Dei Bertine wrote: > Hi all, > > I need to monitor our dhcp server and came to see the check_dhcp plugin. > > However I'm getting this error when initiating the command: > > nagios@tool:~/libexec$ ./check_dhcp -s serveip1 > Error: Could not bind socket to interface eth0. Check your privileges... > > But when I am on root, I get this: root@tool:/usr/local/nagios/libexec# ./check_dhcp -s serveip1 > OK: Received 1 DHCPOFFER(s), max lease time = 86400 sec > > ls -als on check_dhcp: > 76 -rwxr-xr-x 1 nagios nagios 72834 2009-04-27 13:06 check_dhcp > > Do I need to do something like set permissions on serveip1 server? > Please advise. > As root on your nagios server:chmod 4755 ./check_dhcp -- Andreas Ericsson <a ymailto="mailto:andreas.ericsson@op5.se" href="mailto:andreas.ericsson@op5.se">andreas.ericsson@op5.se</a> OP5 AB <a target="_blank" href="http://www.op5.se">www.op5.se</a> Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 Considering the successes of the wars on alcohol, poverty, drugs and terror, I think we should give some serious thought to declaring war on peace. </div></div></div> </body></html>