Re: [Nagios-devel] Runs as root if user doesn't exist

[Ethan G. <na...@na...>]

Excellent idea.  I will get this added tonight.

On 20 Mar 2005 at 13:20, Erek Dyskant wrote:

> Hi All,
>  If you start Nagios as root, normally it drops down to
> the priveledges of you user you specify in nagios.cfg.
>  However...If that user doesn't exist, it continues running as
> root.
>  Maybe a better behavior would be to refuse to start at all?  I'd
> rather have it not run at all than run as root without my explicitly
> telling it to.
>  My two cents.
> 
> Regards,
> Erek Dyskant
> 



Ethan Galstad,
Nagios Developer
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