<tt>nagiosplug-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net schrieb am 21.07.2008 10:49:12: > > Don't do the same mistake and enforce your ideas on users. > > If someone wants to run as root - whatever her reason may be - then > > let her do so. If it was done by mistake - she learned something from > > it now (hopefully). > > The way to go is the un-intrusive way of privilege dropping. > > If a program does not need root privileges, it should drop them and > > in my opinion that's the responsibility of the author. > > I'd rather go the "munin" way: > # /usr/bin/munin-cron > You are running this program as root, which is neither smart nor necessary. > If you really want to run it as root, use the --force-root option. Else, run > it as the user "munin". Aborting. > > Clear, self-explanatory, concise, but still flexible.</tt> <tt>I do not agree on that. It will break quite a few setups.</tt> <tt>That would require defining different checks for different machines,</tt> <tt>if you have some where you connect as root and some where you connect</tt> <tt>as nagios or even different user. That quite normal if you monitor</tt> <tt>machines of other companies...</tt> <tt>S</tt> <tt> </tt>-- Sascha Runschke Netzwerk- und Systemmanagement Telefon : +49 (201) 102-1879 Mobil : +49 (173) 5419665 Fax : +49 (201) 102-1102105 GFKL Financial Services AG Vorstand: Dr. Peter Jänsch (Vors.), Jürgen Baltes, Dr. Till Ergenzinger, Dr. Tom Haverkamp Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Dr. Georg F. Thoma Sitz: Limbecker Platz 1, 45127 Essen, Amtsgericht Essen, HRB 13522