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is root access needed to install Linux NRPE agent?

Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 5:52 am
by rks
I need to use Nagios XI to monitor a cluster of RHEL VMs.
Nagios XI wizard led to install a Linux NRPE agent on the monitored virtual machines.

The infrastructure is owned by a different team that refuses to give me root privileges.
Is it possible to install NRPE agent as another (non-root) user who may not have all the
privileges of root?

Thanks,

Rk

Re: is root access needed to install Linux NRPE agent?

Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 12:38 pm
by abrist
nrpe runs as a daemon on the remote host, which usually requires root permissions to install/configure.