check_debian_packages

[Hari Sekhon]

Mordur Ingolfsson wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I have been having difficulty with running a Nagios plugin called 
> check_debian_packages by way of nrpe with sudo.
>
> The plugin I'm having difficulties with needs to run "apt-get -s 
> upgrade" on a Debian system, so root privileges are needed. I can run 
> the plugin fine with sudo as user nagios, but nrpe using sudo always 
> fails with permission denied, even if I give the nagios user full 
> permissions for everything in /etc/sudoers.
>
> I would be grateful for any hints
Use check_apt instead it doesn't need root privs.

Best to avoid using root privs if you don't need to.

-h

-- 
Hari Sekhon


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