On 01/05/07 11:43 PM, Floyd Arguello wrote: > Hi All, > > I've bought the book, followed tutorials, and googled - but I'm having > an issue with check_icmp: > > check_icmp: Failed to obtain ICMP socket: Operation not permitted > > I have done the following: > $ chmod 4750 check_icmp > $ chown root:nagios check_icmp
The 2nd command you ran reset the suid bit for security reasons. Try to re-chmod 4750 and you should be good to go :) Thomas ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ 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