Hi Ravi, On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 12:01:24PM -0700, Raviprakash Ramanujam wrote: > I have a python script that needs to run under root privileges […] > […] > In order to run the script as root, […]
> <Plugin exec> > Exec "nobody:root" "/root/script.py" > </Plugin> this configuration will run the script as user "nobody" and group "root". Running scripts as root is not possible. You can, however, use "sudo" inside the script to re-gain root privileges if required. > exec plugin: exec_read_one: error = logfile plugin: fopen > (/var/log/collectd.log) failed: Permission denied You're doing something mighty weird here: Why is the script printing something about the "logfile plugin" to STDERR? And why is it trying to access the log file directly? Regards, —octo -- Florian octo Forster Hacker in training GnuPG: 0x91523C3D http://verplant.org/
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