If something was appending to the /usr/bin/logger binary, you might want to check your various scripts for code that does:
....... > /usr/bin/loggerinstead of:
..... | /usr/bin/loggerRalph Mitchell On Oct 8, 2012 12:50 PM, "Matt Goebel" <goebel at emunix.emich.edu> wrote:
Yes... /bin/logger is a binary...
I seem to have figured out the issue, fping was being run as root by xymon, so I did the following :
so I removed the sticky bit from user and group on /usr/local/sbin/fping
then I did the following and restarted xymon
add in : /etc/security/exec_attr Network Management:solaris:cmd:::/usr/local/sbin/fping:privs=net_icmpaccess
add in : /etc/user_attr xymon::::defaultpriv=basic,net_icmpaccess
Matt
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