User permissions for UserParameter

[NotTheFace]

Hi,

I have a custom UserParameter which needs to be run as root. Is there any way to change the user that check runs as, for only that check. I'd rather not have the agent itself run as root. Or is this something best fixed at the OS level.

Thanks in advance,

[JBo]

Hi,

I have a custom UserParameter which needs to be run as root. Is there any way to change the user that check runs as, for only that check. I'd rather not have the agent itself run as root. Or is this something best fixed at the OS level.

You can use sudo to run a command as root.
In zabbix_agentd.conf, replace:

UserParameter=my_parameter, my_command

with:

UserParameter=my_parameter, sudo my_command

In /etc/sudoers, add:

zabbix  ALL=NOPASSWD: my_command

Regards,
JBo

[NotTheFace]

Thanks, but annoyingly the Solaris machine doesn't have sudo installed. I guess then that the correct fix is something at the OS level rather than internal of Zabbix.

Thanks