[Xymon] rclient on new xymon install via rpms

[Scot Kreienkamp]

Check the shell of the xymon user.  If you’re not sure how to do that:  grep xymon /etc/users.  The last field should be the shell.  It’s likely set to nologin or some such.  SU has a command line switch to specify a shell, that would be the easiest and most secure way to work around it.


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From: Michael Resnick [mailto:sys1002 at yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 9:10 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: rclient on new xymon install via rpms

I am trying to set up monitoring for about 2,000 servers, and unfortunately, it is going to take a while to get a port open, so I want to use rclient via ssh.
Normally I would su into the xymon user, create  the ssh keys and push them out. On this new server via terabith rpms ( RHEL 6.6 ), I get

# su - xymon
This account is currently not available.

What is a workaround for this so that I can use rclient ?

Thanks !

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