[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 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.)
I've also found that raidutil often takes too long to run to be useful for NRPE. So I have a cron job that runs raidutil and saves the output to a text file, then have NRPE just check the contents of that file. Andrew ------------------------------------------------------- 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
