Hi,
I've written some python modules that need to read some directories under
the /proc filesystem that are read-only by root.
I found on the Ganglia wiki mention of the python modules running as root
even if the gmond runs as a non-root user ...
> * all metric collection routines run as root even if the process has
> since lowered privileges, be careful with your python module scripts
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/ganglia/wiki/ganglia_release_notes
However, my testing seems to indicate that this is no longer true. ie. the
python modules don't run as root, but with the permissions of the setuid
user defined in gmond.conf.
Does anyone know if this has changed since the wiki was written or if it's
just that I'm doing it wrong?
Thanks,
Nick
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