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Manage MIBs permissions issue
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 2:36 pm
by TBT
While using the Manage MIBs GUI, we're seeing an error "MIB could not be installed - directory permissions may be incorrect."
All MIBs within the listing are own by root and group root or nagios. I seem to recall this permissions issue happening after a past upgrade too, please advise on proper configuration so we can avoid these permission issues in the future.
Re: Manage MIBs permissions issue
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 4:48 pm
by mcapra
Can you set ownership of the folder the mibs are stored in (usually
/usr/share/snmp/mibs) to nagios.apache?
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chown nagios.apache /usr/share/snmp/mibs
Also make sure the group has write permissions:
And see if that resolves things?
Re: Manage MIBs permissions issue
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2016 11:53 am
by TBT
Yes, knew it to be a permissions issue. The concern is primarily why it changed after upgrade, we'll have to keep an eye on it next time. Will report back if it happens again.
Re: Manage MIBs permissions issue
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2016 3:18 pm
by mcapra
I wasn't able to replicate this when upgrading from 5.2.8 to 5.2.9, so there may have been an issue with a past version that was fixed recently.
Which versions were involved with this latest upgrade?
Re: Manage MIBs permissions issue
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2016 3:23 pm
by TBT
Development: 5.2.9
Test: 5.2.7
Production: 5.2.3
Permissions were the same across all servers. Perhaps related to a past upgrade.
Re: Manage MIBs permissions issue
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2016 4:50 pm
by tgriep
It could be that an updated SNMP RPM package changed the permissions and not the Nagios upgrade script, maybe that could be it.