Marc-André, The Windows account to access WMI doesn't need to be an Admin account.
To use a limited account, that account must be granted access to Windows DCOM, as well as the relevant WMI class (CIMV2 most likely) step by step instructions here: http://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/docs/Monitoring_Windows_Using_WMI.pdf Regards, Yancy Ribbens --- Tech Team yribb...@nagios.com On 2/27/2012 7:25 AM, MAD wrote: > Hi list, > > I'm have to find a way to get some advanced monitoring metrics for > Windows boxes. As SNMP is not really usefull on Windows (sic!) and I > really don't want to be messing with locales to get data from the > perfmon, I was looking to use WMI requests. However, each doc I've seen > seem to tell me I have to use an administrator account to connect to the > WMI agent and extract my data. > > Is there a way to use an user account with restricted rights? > > Thanks in advance, > > Marc-André > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try before you buy = See our experts in action! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 > _______________________________________________ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ 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
