[Xymon] xymonnet "red"

[Root, Paul]

Is it setuid root?

What are the permissions?

It should be rwsr-x-r-x or 4755. Owned by root.

Paul Root    - Senior Engineer
Managed Services Systems - CenturyLink



> -----Original Message-----
> From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On
> Behalf Of Joseph Acquisto
> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 9:20 AM
> To: xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: [Xymon] xymonnet "red"
>
> xymonnet version 4.3.7   Shows red.  New-ish install.  Has been red all
> along.
>
> Found this on the page details:
>
> "Error output:
> Execution of '/usr/sbin/fping -Ae' failed - program not suid root?
> This program can only be run by root, or it must be setuid root."
>
> I find fping in /usr/sbin.  It works logged in as root if I specify a
> host name
> or IP, even a bogus one (for latter, it reports "address not found".
>
> However, if I do not specify a host (just do "fping") it appears to
> hang.  I did
> not wait for hours, just a couple of minutes.
>
> But that is not likely the cause, because if I say
>
> su - xymon -c "/usr/sbin/fping -Ae something"  I get"
>
> "This program can only be run by root, or it must be setuid root."
>
> Have I missed a step in setting up?  Or am I still sleeping?
>
> joe a.
>
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