[Xymon] problem with ext script

Operaciones operaciones at corpresa.com
Fri Jul 5 16:59:59 CEST 2013


Thank you Paul, i think that will choose the second option.

Best regards.

El 05/07/13 16:46, Root, Paul T escribió:
>
> Setuid the script
>
> Sudo the command in the script
>
> Run the script as root
>
> Take your pick. The first one is not secure in the least.
>
> The second one will require the xymon user to be in sudoers with 
> permission to run the command without a password required. Or 
> modifying the script to enter the password (which is not secure)
>
> The last is pretty easy, but would be running outside of the tasks.cfg 
> probably in cron. And so you would need to call the script, most 
> likely, with xymoncmd to get the environment right.
>
> Paul.
>
> *From:*Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] *On Behalf Of *Operaciones
> *Sent:* Friday, July 05, 2013 8:44 AM
> *To:* xymon at xymon.com
> *Subject:* [Xymon] problem with ext script
>
> Hello Guy,
>
> i have a small problem, i create a script for check the raid status 
> on  Intel mainboards that use the command:
>
> dmraid -r
>
> So, when i run the script with xymon, show the error:
>
> ERROR: you must be root
>
> Do you know how can i fix it?
>
> Thank you very much.
>

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