[hobbit] CONN status is white for all hosts

[Hubbard, Greg L]

UNIX/Linux thing -- you have to be root to use a privileged port ( <
1024) unless SELinux gets around it.  The first entry in your list below
shows the "set uid" bit has been set, which means /usr/sbin/fping will
run as root:adm no matter who launches it.  Your particular Linux
distribution/package output is not necessarily representative of all
systems, Josh.
 
By the way, I for one admire the way you have quickly advanced from
"Hobbit newbie" to a key person who tries to help others on this list...
 
Happy Holidays!
 
GLH


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	From: Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] 
	Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 1:40 PM
	To: hobbit at hswn.dk
	Subject: Re: [hobbit] CONN status is white for all hosts
	
	
	I didn't say anything about user name - only the group or
global.
	
	Your options are...
	
	-rwsr-xr-x 1 root adm 35281 Mar  7  2007 /usr/sbin/fping
	-rwsr-x--- 1 root adm 35281 Mar  7  2007 /usr/sbin/fping #add
hobbituser to group adm 
	-rwsr-x--- 1 root hobbit 35281 Mar  7  2007 /usr/sbin/fping #add
hobbituser to group adm
	
	
	On 12/19/07, Hubbard, Greg L < greg.hubbard at eds.com
<mailto:greg.hubbard at eds.com> > wrote: 

		fping has to bet suid root so it can run.. there should
be something in fping doc on how to do this.


________________________________

			From: Josh Luthman
[mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] 
			Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 1:28 PM
			To: hobbit at hswn.dk
			Subject: Re: [hobbit] CONN status is white for
all hosts
			
			
			
			Modify the permissions so that the hobbit user
can execute fping!
			
			Assuming your hobbit user is "hobbit" you'll
need to either a) change the group owner of /usr/sbin/fping to hobbit or
b) add hobbit to group adm or c) make it so everyone can r-x
/usr/sbin/fping 
			
			
			On 12/19/07, Frank M. Ramaekers
<FRamaekers at ailife.com> wrote: 

				I've just got through installing a fresh
version of hobbit and now
				everything looks great except for the
"conn" status which is showing up
				white and showing "Hobbit system error".
				
				bb-network.log :
				
				2007-12-19 13:15:10 Could not run the
command '/usr/sbin/fping -Ae'
				(exec failed)
				2007-12-19 13:15:10 hobbitping
invocation failed: Permission denied
				
				-rwsr-x--- 1 root adm    35281 Mar  7
2007 /usr/sbin/fping 
				
				-rwsr-x--- 1 root hobbit 71927 Apr 13
2007
	
/usr/libexec/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitping
				
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