Is it setuid root?
What are the permissions?
It should be rwsr-x-r-x or 4755. Owned by root.
Paul Root - Senior Engineer Managed Services Systems - CenturyLink
-----Original Message----- From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Acquisto Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 9:20 AM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [Xymon] xymonnet "red"
xymonnet version 4.3.7 Shows red. New-ish install. Has been red all along.
Found this on the page details:
"Error output: Execution of '/usr/sbin/fping -Ae' failed - program not suid root? This program can only be run by root, or it must be setuid root."
I find fping in /usr/sbin. It works logged in as root if I specify a host name or IP, even a bogus one (for latter, it reports "address not found".
However, if I do not specify a host (just do "fping") it appears to hang. I did not wait for hours, just a couple of minutes.
But that is not likely the cause, because if I say
su - xymon -c "/usr/sbin/fping -Ae something" I get"
"This program can only be run by root, or it must be setuid root."
Have I missed a step in setting up? Or am I still sleeping?
joe a.
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