check_nagios give a failure

[Claus Rosenberger]

It's not the same problem to me. I think i haven't restrictions on /proc.
What the group wheel is doing, i use Debian and have no wheel.

Claus

> I recently had a system with GRSecurity in the kernel with /proc
> restrictions that prevented the webserver from running check_nagios
> properly.
>
> Check_nagios would execute ps, and the /proc restrictions would
> prevent the webserver from viewing all the processes.
>
> Had to add the apache user to group wheel to get it to work, and that
> really isn't the best choice. ;]
>
> Russell
>
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 09:27:42PM +0200, Claus Rosenberger wrote:
>> hi,
>>
>> i installed the newest cvs with the newest plugins, i dont know if i
>> should use the head or the others, i tried both of them.
>>
>> after upgrading i can use the cgi's but i cannot use commands with cgi's
>>
>> that command
>>
>> /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nagios -F /var/log/nagios/status.dat -e 5
>> -C
>> /usr/sbin/nagios
>>
>> output
>>
>> Nagios problem: located 4 processes, status log updated 1058469897
>> seconds
>> ago
>>
>> it seems like a permission problem but i checked the cgi.cfg and the
>> permissions in /var/log/nagios.
>>
>> any ideas?
>>
>> thx
>>
>> claus
>>
>>
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