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by dr057
Wed Sep 12, 2018 6:37 am
Forum: Open Source Nagios Projects
Topic: Using SU from root to access other id's for Nagios
Replies: 5
Views: 1729

Re: Using SU from root to access other id's for Nagios

Hi Npolovenko, I'm simply trying to find out if I can issue an su <id> using root from Nagios to access a set of commands under that id. From root alone I cannot access those commands as they are builtin to this application, but if I can do an su <id> in Nagios I can then access that command list. T...
by dr057
Tue Sep 11, 2018 1:01 pm
Forum: Open Source Nagios Projects
Topic: Using SU from root to access other id's for Nagios
Replies: 5
Views: 1729

Using SU from root to access other id's for Nagios

If we have root access to a system and want to access lower level id's using SU can we issue su <id> within Nagios setup to access commands under those lower level id's to setup alerts? I assume this can be done within Nagios, but just wanted to please confirm. Just wanted to add, even through we ha...