Permission denied nrpe error
Marc Powell
marc at ena.com
Tue Nov 16 20:27:08 CET 2004
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Mukarram Syed
> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 12:56 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Permission denied nrpe error
>
> Hi,
> I am getting the following error when I run telnet to
> port 5666 to use nrpe:
>
> [root at triton libexec]# telnet triton 5666
> Trying 10.0.250.100...
> Connected to triton (10.0.250.100).
> Escape character is '^]'.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> In the /var/log/messages I am getting this:
>
> Nov 16 13:49:30 triton xinetd[30641]: execv(
> /usr/local/etc/nagios/libexec ) failed: Permission
> denied (errno = 13)
Why are you trying to run a directory? It should be a program.
>
> This is the nrpe file in the /etc/xinetd.d directory:
> # default: on
> # description: NRPE
> service nrpe
> {
> disable = no
> id = nrpe
> socket_type = stream
> flags = REUSE
> protocol = tcp
> wait = no
> user = root
> server =
> /usr/local/etc/nagios/libexec
> server_args = -i
> /usr/local/etc/nagios/libexec
> log_on_failure += USERID
> }
Ah, that's why. Per the NRPE documentation you should probably be using
something like
server = /path/to/nrpe
server_args = -i /path/to/nrpe.cfg
Also, running nrpe as root probably isn't a good idea. Try the user that
nagios runs as.
>
> Nrpe is listening on port 5666:
>
> [root at triton poseidon]# netstat -a |grep nrpe
> tcp 0 0 *:nrpe *:*
> LISTEN
>
Actually, xinetd is listening and only on a connection attempt will it
pass it off to nrpe.
> Can any of you please tell me what's wrong. Any
> suggestions why I am getting permission denied errors.
Yes, see above.
--
Marc
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