Re: [webmin-l] Service Monitors - Jamie's book

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

Joe Cooper wrote:
> Alex Pilson wrote:
> 
>> So does anyone know what exactly the "If monitor goes down, run 
>> command" feature really does?
> 
> 
> It runs a command of your choosing (including a script).
> 
>> i can't get it to work. Does it run as a certain user? I want to run a 
>> script to restart the service but it doesn't seem to work and I have 
>> no clue where to look if there are any status messages.
> 
> 
> It runs as root.  If your service stops, odds are there was a good 
> reason for it, and it will stop again.  I usually have it page me or 
> email me (depending on importance of the service).
> 
> Your script can run things as a different user using su, but the script 
> itself will be called as root.
> 
> Jamie, it might be useful to have a "Run as user" option...

Probably not too useful, as most responses to a down service (such as 
re-starting it) require root privileges. And as you said, the user can 
always enter  su someuser -c "command to run as that user"

  - Jamie