Setting up JFFNMS within this *nix environment has been a bit taxing (and fun too).
 
However, it would be great if someone could answer a question:
 
If an admin like myself is running JFFNMS for monitoring a network then how many user ids should there be? (Don't answer)
 
mysql for MySQL - per MySQL setup instructions
 
jffnms for JFFNMS - per JFFNMS setup instructions
 
pgsql for Postrgresql - per setup instructions
 
myownid for *nix
 
and then we have root
 
Here is the question:
If I replace myownid instead of using mysql, jffnms, and pgsql would I not save myself a bunch of permission issues when there are conflicts?
 
I am discovering that even though I have a semi-working system.  The jffnms user cannot start Postgresql and root cannot start it either.  And since I run from root this makes life a tad difficult.  Oh, and crontab apparently does not run poller.php and friends due to permissions issues as well.
 
I was thinking about setting up Admin as the user for (MySQL, Postgresql, JFFNMS, and etc.).  Is there any operational reason not to do this?  Set the Security issue aside.
 
Thanks!
 
Buddy

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