I have to really, really, really, strongly disagree with this in heavily emphasized bold type.

With a monitor running on every important machine, one of the things I like is that only the hobbit user can run hobbit, and the hobbit user can't do anything else - including sudo. It's important not to let 'little holes' like this pile up. The pile gets large rapidly.

I could go on at length about specifics but i'll leave that to your local security list. No one except no one should be in sudoers except those that consistently need root privs and use them responsibly.
Preferably trusted humans!

lars ebeling wrote:

You should add user hobbit to sudoers.

Lars

----- Original Message -----
*From:* David Gilmore <mailto:david at stenhouseconsulting.com>
*To:* hobbit at hswn.dk <mailto:hobbit at hswn.dk>
*Sent:* Wednesday, January 18, 2006 7:29 PM
*Subject:* [hobbit] Some newbie help

Can anyone help out a Linux newb with this error?
 
Execution of '/usr/local/sbin/fping -Ae' failed - program not suid
root?

I am migrating our monitoring from BB installed on Windows to
Hobbit on Linux.  I was able to successfully install FC4, all of
the Hobbit subcomponents, and Hobbit.  Just this one error has me
stumped.  I thought I corrected it by adding hobbit to the WHEEL
group on FC and then editing sudoers file to uncomment WHEEL, but
I still have the error.
 
David Gilmore
Consultant
Stenhouse Consulting, LLC.
4 Traverse St
Providence, RI   02906
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