Problem with Check_DHCP

[Marc Powell]

Is check_dhcp owned by root? Just adding the sticky bit isn't sufficient
if the owner (nagios presumably) doesn't have sufficient privileges. 

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Marc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Fotios Magoufis
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 9:07 AM
> To: Andreas Ericsson
> Cc: Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Problem with Check_DHCP
> 
> Yes, I ran it as root and still no success.  If I execute the command
as
> root, it works fine.


> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Ericsson [mailto:ae at op5.se]
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 10:04 AM
> To: Fotios Magoufis
> Cc: Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Problem with Check_DHCP
> 
> Fotios Magoufis wrote:
> > I've been having such a hard time getting the check_dhcp to work,
but
> > I still can't figure it out.  When the service runs as the nagios
> > user, I get the following error:
> >
> > Error: Could not bind socket to interface eth0. Check your
privileges.
> >
> > I tried setting chmod +s check_dhcp, but it did not have any
positive
> > effect.
> >
> > Any ideas on how to fix?
> >
> 
> I suppose you did chmod +s check_dhcp as root, right?
> 
> Does it work when you run it as root from the console?


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