On Tue, 23 Dec 2014, Daniel Monotoko wrote: > Package: nagios-nrpe-server > Version: 2.15-1 > Severity: important > File: nagios-nrpe > Tags: newcomer > > Dear Maintainer, > > > * What led up to the situation? - Tried to enable dont_blame_nrpe for remote > commands from Nagios server/ > * What was the outcome of this action? - Command didn't work at all, NRPE > still bailing because of command arguments > * What outcome did you expect instead? - NRPE to take commands > > * The reason for this is --enable-command-args is missing from the package > configuration (debian/rules) > * This is a security issue on some hosts that aren't properly configured - > but the nrpe.cfg template has dont_blame_nrpe set to 0 by default and a > warning explaining what it does. > * Making people who need this functionality recompile is silly, as it has to > be actively switched on anyway. And people are stupid and do this without thinking.
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