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I got it working reasonably well. Here are the script modifications I made to /tmp/linux-nrpe-agent/2-usersgroups: # Make sure user exists if ! grep -q "^$nagiosuser:" /etc/passwd; then if ! (ypcat passwd | grep -q "^$nagiosuser:"); then # <----- add this line echo "ERROR: U...

Where the script checked for the absence of the user: if ! grep -q "^$nagiosuser:" /etc/passwd ... I added an interior check for NIS user: if ! (ypcat passwd | grep -q "^$nagiosuser:") I did the same for checking the groups. I did not verify the two prerequisite conditions (1-NIS...

While trying to install the NRPE agent for Linux (RHEL 5.8), it failed after the installation sub-script '2-usersgroups'. The script is written for local userids/groups only, and doesn't not work when NIS is the authentication mechanism for the server. NIS normally only stores the userids in the /et...