Nagios Support Forum

When I install Nagios Core or NRPE via the rpm, it'll install with the default username nagios and group nagios.

I'd like to do the installation using different username/group. Is there a way to change them after I have installed
them using yum install?

If I cannot do that, if I want to use my own username/group, do I need to install Nagios core and NRPE from source
using my own username/group and then rpmbuild my own pkg if I want to use that pkg on other systems?

Thanks!

yomiko wrote:I'd like to do the installation using different username/group. Is there a way to change them after I have installed
them using yum install?

No they are built into the RPM

yomiko wrote:If I cannot do that, if I want to use my own username/group, do I need to install Nagios core and NRPE from source
using my own username/group and then rpmbuild my own pkg if I want to use that pkg on other systems?

You can built them from source on each server you need to do this, passing the custom user/group into the ./configure script

OR if familiar with making a custom RPM, yes, you can create a spec file with your customization, and create RPM's for each distribution that accepts RPMs to install packages.

i believe you'll have to compile from source because the RPM's are preset.

tacolover101 wrote:i believe you'll have to compile from source because the RPM's are preset.

Either way you would want to remove the existing installed RPM's