[smokeping-users] using sudo in an alert

[Andrew Pattison]

I tried that but it still doesn't work. The alert is triggered as it is
logged in /var/messages but either smokeping is not calling the script or
the call is failing. Any ideas?

Andrew.

On 25 July 2012 17:23, Ryan Becker <rb14060 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Try using the absolute path to the script in the sudoers file.  Also, the
> /etc/sudoers file should NOT be edited directly, you should be using the
> visudo command as root.
>
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 4:41 AM, Andrew Pattison <andrum99 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I've got something similar in in /etc/sudoers already.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Andrew.
>>
>>
>> On 24 July 2012 23:15, Ryan Becker <rb14060 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Make sure that the user is allowed to execute the script without a
>>> password.  Here's an example that you can modify to suit your
>>> needs: techbnc ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/csf
>>> In this example the user techbnc is allowed to call /usr/sbin/csf
>>> without needing a password.  What's happening is that normally when sudo is
>>> called, it asks for the password and Smokeping has no way to provide that
>>> password.  By adding the user to the file with NOPASSWD, they are allowed
>>> to execute the script without being password prompted and therefore
>>> Smokeping will be able to complete the action.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Andrew Pattison <andrum99 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am trying to set up smokeping with an alert script. The alert script
>>>> is called like this entry in /etc/smokeping/config.d/Alerts:
>>>>
>>>> to = |sudo script.py
>>>>
>>>> When called as simply |script.py this works fine, but with sudo the
>>>> script does not get called. How can I get this working?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Andrew.
>>>>
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>>
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