I tried that but it still doesn't work. The alert is triggered as it is logged in /var/messages but either smokeping is not calling the script or the call is failing. Any ideas?
Andrew. On 25 July 2012 17:23, Ryan Becker <[email protected]> wrote: > Try using the absolute path to the script in the sudoers file. Also, the > /etc/sudoers file should NOT be edited directly, you should be using the > visudo command as root. > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 4:41 AM, Andrew Pattison <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I've got something similar in in /etc/sudoers already. >> >> Thanks >> >> Andrew. >> >> >> On 24 July 2012 23:15, Ryan Becker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Make sure that the user is allowed to execute the script without a >>> password. Here's an example that you can modify to suit your >>> needs: techbnc ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/csf >>> In this example the user techbnc is allowed to call /usr/sbin/csf >>> without needing a password. What's happening is that normally when sudo is >>> called, it asks for the password and Smokeping has no way to provide that >>> password. By adding the user to the file with NOPASSWD, they are allowed >>> to execute the script without being password prompted and therefore >>> Smokeping will be able to complete the action. >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Andrew Pattison <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I am trying to set up smokeping with an alert script. The alert script >>>> is called like this entry in /etc/smokeping/config.d/Alerts: >>>> >>>> to = |sudo script.py >>>> >>>> When called as simply |script.py this works fine, but with sudo the >>>> script does not get called. How can I get this working? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Andrew. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> smokeping-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/smokeping-users >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
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