Problem monitoring MYSQL socket (Zimbra)

[thomsany]

Hmmm intersting, I am seeing the user nagios doesn't have the permission to run the command. I get the error mentioned before:

Please show the full output for the command.

This is the command inside the NRPE.cfg

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command[check_zimbra_mysql]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_mysql -s /opt/zimbra/data/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock

This is the error I get:

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Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/opt/zimbra/data/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock' (13) 

I see the Xinetd is running as nagios user so maybe that's why on that particular command I am getting the error.
If I change it to root would it be dangerous?

Thanks,
Teo

[avandemore]

If I change it to root would it be dangerous?

You know your environment better than us, but the daemon doesn't run as root to reduce security vectors. Most system administrators would likely avoid running any daemon as root unless necessary.

This is the error I get:

Please show the full command and output. eg /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_mysql -s /opt/zimbra/data/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock <entirity of the command> + output

[rkennedy]

This may be worth asking Zimbra as well, since it sounds like a change has been made based on how they work with the socket. (which could be security related)

[thomsany]

Changed NRPE to run as Zimbra and the problem was solved with this particular Zimbra version.

Regards,
Teo

[dwhitfield]

Glad your issue is fixed. Is it ok for us to lock this thread?