Problem with ping-check?

[Marcin Rożek]

Matthias Eble wrote:
>> I've moved from check_ping to check_icmp.
>> If check_ping can produce unnecessary alerts then why not simply
>> symlink check_ping to check_icmp or remove it?
> 
> because check_icmp needs root privileges (setuid root). check_ping
> can be run without uid 0 because ping already has setuid root.
> check_icmp can only be installed with root privileges. 
Ouch... I've red your message few seconds after i've been flooded by nagios
alert messages saying:
"check_icmp: Failed to obtain ICMP socket: Operation not permitted".

After i've setuid check_icmp all restored to normal.

Thanks for your help!



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