[Xymon] rclient on new xymon install via rpms

[Jeremy Ruffer]

If you don't have /etc/users try/etc/passwd

Jeremy
On 30 Nov 2015 14:17, "Scot Kreienkamp" <Scot.Kreienkamp at la-z-boy.com>
wrote:

> 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
>
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> # su - xymon
> This account is currently not available.
>
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> What is a workaround for this so that I can use rclient ?
>
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> Thanks !
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