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by joseph.upshaw
Thu Jul 30, 2020 11:41 am
Forum: Open Source Nagios Projects
Topic: Specific Privileges for Oracle "Flash Recovery Area Usage"?
Replies: 0
Views: 1069

Specific Privileges for Oracle "Flash Recovery Area Usage"?

Our DBAs are concerned with granting the Nagios monitor user the SELECT ANY DICTIONARY privilege because it is too broad and provides access to many objects beyond those needed for monitoring. So, we'd like to revoke this privilege and replace it with only the specific privilege(s) needed to perform...
by joseph.upshaw
Thu Jul 16, 2020 9:29 am
Forum: Open Source Nagios Projects
Topic: Oracle Database User Privileges for Nagios Monitoring
Replies: 1
Views: 1797

Re: Oracle Database User Privileges for Nagios Monitoring

I think I found the answer to my own question here: https://itgix.com/blog/post/oracle-database-monitor-with-nagios-using-check-oracle-health/ CREATE USER nagios IDENTIFIED BY <PUT_PASSWORD_HERE> account unlock; GRANT CREATE SESSION TO nagios; GRANT SELECT any dictionary TO nagios; GRANT SELECT ON V...
by joseph.upshaw
Thu Jul 16, 2020 8:43 am
Forum: Open Source Nagios Projects
Topic: Oracle Database User Privileges for Nagios Monitoring
Replies: 1
Views: 1797

Oracle Database User Privileges for Nagios Monitoring

When setting up the "Oracle Serverspace" via the Configuration Wizard, as expected, it is requiring a database username and password for the connection. Is there a document anywhere that list out the minimum privileges this user would need to perform the monitoring tasks? We were planning ...