[hobbit] CONN status is white for all hosts

UNIX/Linux thing -- you have to be root to use a privileged port ( < 1024) unless SELinux gets around it. The first entry in your list below shows the "set uid" bit has been set, which means /usr/sbin/fping will run as root:adm no matter who launches it. Your particular Linux distribution/package output is not necessarily representative of all systems, Josh.

By the way, I for one admire the way you have quickly advanced from "Hobbit newbie" to a key person who tries to help others on this list...

Happy Holidays!

GLH

From: Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 1:40 PM
To: hobbit at hswn.dk
Subject: Re: [hobbit] CONN status is white for all hosts


I didn't say anything about user name - only the group or

global.

Your options are...

-rwsr-xr-x 1 root adm 35281 Mar  7  2007 /usr/sbin/fping
-rwsr-x--- 1 root adm 35281 Mar  7  2007 /usr/sbin/fping #add

hobbituser to group adm -rwsr-x--- 1 root hobbit 35281 Mar 7 2007 /usr/sbin/fping #add hobbituser to group adm

On 12/19/07, Hubbard, Greg L < greg.hubbard at eds.com

<mailto:greg.hubbard at eds.com> > wrote:

	fping has to bet suid root so it can run.. there should

be something in fping doc on how to do this.

		From: Josh Luthman

[mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 1:28 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] CONN status is white for all hosts Modify the permissions so that the hobbit user can execute fping! Assuming your hobbit user is "hobbit" you'll need to either a) change the group owner of /usr/sbin/fping to hobbit or b) add hobbit to group adm or c) make it so everyone can r-x /usr/sbin/fping On 12/19/07, Frank M. Ramaekers <FRamaekers at ailife.com> wrote:

			I've just got through installing a fresh

version of hobbit and now everything looks great except for the "conn" status which is showing up white and showing "Hobbit system error". bb-network.log : 2007-12-19 13:15:10 Could not run the command '/usr/sbin/fping -Ae' (exec failed) 2007-12-19 13:15:10 hobbitping invocation failed: Permission denied -rwsr-x--- 1 root adm 35281 Mar 7 2007 /usr/sbin/fping -rwsr-x--- 1 root hobbit 71927 Apr 13 2007

/usr/libexec/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitping TIA, Frank M. Ramaekers Jr. Systems Programmer MCP, MCP+I, MCSE & RHCE American Income Life Insurance Co. Phone: (254)761-6649 1200 Wooded Acres Dr. Fax: (254)741-5777 Waco, Texas 76701

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