Re: [munin-users] munin-node on AIX 5.2 trouble

[Stefan M. <Stefan.Marx@SCHOBER.DE>]

Hi,

if i try it with user root and group munin, the error is:

setruid() not implemented at /opt/munin/sbin/munin-node line 509.

Best regards,

Stefan Marx
Am Montag, den 16.04.2007, 14:31 +0200 schrieb Nicolai Langfeldt:
> Stefan Marx wrote:
> > Hi,
> >=20
> > I am trying currently to run munin-node on an AIX 5.2 machine. I
> > encounter the following problems, when I start munin-node (it runs as
> > user munin, group munin, user and group have administrative privileges)=

>=20
> Munin node needs to run as root, it was designed to run as root.  If you
> very seriously do not want to run munin-node as root please have a look
> at http://munin.projects.linpro.no/browser/trunk/node/munin-node-simple.i=
n
> That very simple version of munin node was made to be verifiable and to
> run in secure environments.  It's hardly documented at all as we've only
> ever used it in one place (besided in OpenWRT, but there it runs as root
> again).  To get plugin running as specific users, as some plugins must,
> you need to run them within sudo wrappers.
>=20
> > Insecure directory in $ENV{PATH} while running setgid at sbin/munin-nod=
e
> > line 566.
>=20
> And you might want to fix your PATH somehow.  It is probably insecure.
> In fact, if you fix that the whole thing may work.
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> Nicolai
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