[Nagiosplug-help] run a plugin with a command that you have to be a root

[Marc Powell]

On May 22, 2009, at 7:10 AM, Nikolaos Loutzakis wrote:

>
> i have made a plugin that run correct in the terminal. but in order  
> to execute this command you have to
> be root. to have root privileges. but when i insert the plugin in  
> the nagios web interface it executes it
> wrong because it runs it as not a root . how can i make it run as  
> root?

Using sudo...

man sudoers

visudo --

	nagios ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/path/to/your/plugin

	Make sure requiretty is commented out --

	#Defaults requiretty

For your command definition --

define command {
	...
	command_line /path/to/sudo /path/to/your/plugin
}

--
Marc