> I'm trying to monitor RAID array status using NRPE. But I'm running > into minor security issues. > > * Adaptec 2100S RAID controller > * CentOS 4.2 > * raidutil RPM from http://i2o.shadowconnect.com > > When logged directly into the system to monitor, the raidutil command > only works if I am root.
chmod 755 `which raidutil` as root? > But NRPE refuses to start if I tell it to use root as user and group. > (Running under xinetd, in this case) > > Can anyone tell me the best (most secure) way to get this working > properly? This web page seems to talk about it, but in Czech... > > http://homel.vsb.cz/~jas02/raid/ > > I am using an apparently custom Nagios plugin called "check_dpt_raid" > and again, it seems to run manually just fine as long as I am root. > (Can't remember where I got the plugin -- maybe from someone's mention > of it on the mailing list. Nothing comes up when I search for the name!) ftp://noc.hep.wisc.edu/pub/src/nagios/ ? ...but I really can't help you because we don't use NRPE. (We run check_dpt_raid via Net-SNMP's snmpd.) steve - - - systems & network manager high energy physics university of wisconsin ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
