the problem only occurs when Nagios is run as a daemon (not when it's
run in the foreground). Also, from ktrace it looks like Nagios found
/etc/passwd and /etc/group with no problems.
Matt
Matt Bostock wrote:
> *** I tried sending this to nagios-users but didn't get a response, I
> figured maybe it's more suitable in the dev mailing list, hope that's ok.***
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to run Nagios inside a FreeBSD jail, but am getting this in
> nagios.log:
>
> [1116603291] Nagios 2.0b3 starting... (PID=88484)
> [1116603291] LOG VERSION: 2.0
> [1116603336] Warning: Could not get group entry for 'nagios'
> [1116603336] Warning: Could not set effective GID=-1
> [1116603336] Failed to drop privileges. Aborting.
>
> After that, Nagios exits. The nagios user and group are definetly set
> up. Any suggestions would be very gratefully appreciated.
>
> Many thanks,
> Matt
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