Error while installing NRPE agent on remote server

[mohan424]

Hi,

I tried to install nrpe agent on remote CENTOS machine and i have the below error. i followed the steps from https://support.nagios.com/kb/article.php?id=515#CentOS.

[admin@server]$ make install-groups-users
groupadd -r nagios
groupadd: Permission denied.
groupadd: cannot lock /etc/group; try again later.
make: *** [install-groups-users] Error 1
[admin@server]$

Is this attempting to ‘lock’ the folder? if so what's the purpose and what are the consequences?

[benjaminsmith]

Hi,

Thanks for giving Nagios XI a try. Try logging in as the root user, I believe your account does not have sufficient permissions. You'll see the # symbol as the prompt designation when logged in as root.

Let me know if that works.

--Benjamin