Re: [Nagios-devel] Runs as root if user doesn't exist

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Re: [Nagios-devel] Runs as root if user doesn't exist

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Excellent idea. I will get this added tonight.

On 20 Mar 2005 at 13:20, Erek Dyskant wrote:

> Hi All,
> If you start Nagios as root, normally it drops down to
> the priveledges of you user you specify in nagios.cfg.
> However...If that user doesn't exist, it continues running as
> root.
> Maybe a better behavior would be to refuse to start at all? I'd
> rather have it not run at all than run as root without my explicitly
> telling it to.
> My two cents.
>
> Regards,
> Erek Dyskant
>



Ethan Galstad,
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