[smokeping-users] Smokeping Master/Slave Permission Problem

[Philip Wehunt]

Also, make sure your smokeping.conf file for apache contains something
similiar:

Allow from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx




On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Hoeft, Cody Ray <
hoeftc at onid.oregonstate.edu> wrote:

> Try `chmod 640 smokeping-secrets && chown apache:apache smokeping-secrets`.
>
> I believe it will be rejected if it has permissions that are too open.
> Also it is read by the web server. I would change my apache user and group
> to smokeping to avoid those confusing details.
> On Jun 26, 2014 1:32 AM, "Türker Karatepe" <Turker.Karatepe at dsmart.com.tr>
> wrote:
>
>>  Hello all,
>>
>>
>>
>> I’m beginner on Smokeping and have some trouble with permission while
>> building Master/Slave communication.  I can’t find the solution and i’m
>> looking for help :)
>>
>>
>>
>> I have a Master and its hostname Smokeping-Master. Fping, Dns, Curl,
>> Radius and Ftp Probes works on it. The Slave (Smokeping-Slave) has just
>> Fping and it works also. Both have same operating system Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
>> (GNU/Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64).  I’ll explain my steps at the below.
>>
>>
>>
>> Configuration from Master;
>>
>>
>>
>> 1-      Slaves file;
>>
>>
>>
>> root at Smokeping-Master:/etc/smokeping/config.d# vi Slaves
>>
>> *** Slaves ***
>>
>> secrets=/etc/smokeping/smokeping_secrets
>>
>>
>>
>> + Smokeping-Slave
>>
>> display_name=Smokeping-Slave
>>
>> location=Atakoy
>>
>> color=ffff00
>>
>>
>>
>> 2-      smokeping-secrets file
>>
>>
>>
>> Smokeping-Slave:AndItsPassword
>>
>>
>>
>> 3-      smokeping-secrets permissions
>>
>>
>>
>> root at Smokeping-Master:/etc/smokeping# stat smokeping_secrets
>>
>>                 File: ‘smokeping_secrets’
>>
>>                 Size: 27              Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096
>> regular file
>>
>> Device: fc00h/64512d    Inode: 2885373     Links: 1
>>
>> Access: (0440/-r--r-----)  Uid: (  105/smokeping)   Gid: (  113/smokeping)
>>
>> Access: 2014-06-26 10:08:45.776143807 +0300
>>
>> Modify: 2014-06-26 10:08:45.776143807 +0300
>>
>> Change: 2014-06-26 10:21:35.972115431 +0300
>>
>> Birth: -
>>
>>
>>
>> 4-      Targets file
>>
>>
>>
>> + RootDNS
>>
>> probe = FPing
>>
>> title = Root DNS ICMP Latency
>>
>> menu = Root DNS ICMP Latency
>>
>> *slaves = Smokeping-Slave*
>>
>>
>>
>> Configuration from Slave;
>>
>>
>>
>> 1-      First created secret.txt file at /var/smokeping and stats for
>> this files and the below and its empty
>>
>>
>>
>> root at Smokeping-Slave:/var# stat smokeping
>>
>>   File: ‘smokeping’
>>
>>   Size: 4096            Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   directory
>>
>> Device: fc00h/64512d    Inode: 1835652     Links: 2
>>
>> Access: (0777/drwxrwxrwx)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
>>
>> Access: 2014-06-26 11:01:20.583395412 +0300
>>
>> Modify: 2014-06-26 10:20:03.707319328 +0300
>>
>> Change: 2014-06-26 10:20:03.707319328 +0300
>>
>> Birth: -
>>
>>
>>
>> root at Smokeping-Slave:/var/smokeping# stat secret.txt
>>
>>   File: ‘secret.txt’
>>
>>   Size: 0               Blocks: 0          IO Block: 4096   regular empty
>> file
>>
>> Device: fc00h/64512d    Inode: 1836169     Links: 1
>>
>> Access: (0770/-rwxrwx---)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
>>
>> Access: 2014-06-25 16:55:12.489393588 +0300
>>
>> Modify: 2014-06-25 16:54:31.757392337 +0300
>>
>> Change: 2014-06-25 16:55:04.681393348 +0300
>>
>> Birth: -
>>
>>
>>
>> 2-      Last step and permission error at this step.
>>
>>
>>
>> root at Smokeping-Slave:/# cd /usr/sbin/
>>
>> root at Smokeping-Slave:/usr/sbin#  ./smokeping --master-url=http://”Master’s
>> IP”/cgi-bin/smokeping.cgi \
>>
>> >              --cache-dir=/var/smokeping/ \
>>
>> >              --shared-secret=/var/smokeping/secret.txt
>>
>> *WARNING: Opening secrets file /etc/smokeping/smokeping_secrets:
>> Permission denied*
>>
>>
>>
>> ERROR: we did not get config from the master. Maybe we are not configured
>> as a slave for any of the targets on the master ?
>>
>>
>>
>> Best Regards.
>>
>>
>>
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