Running Zabbix agentd as root

[oliverm]

Is there a way to get the zabbix agentd as root? I need it to run a script which in turn (re)starts some services. However the script is written by another company and this script requires it be run by the root user ONLY and they won't change it for us.

Can zabbix agentd be run this way ?

Olly

[Andreas Bollhalder]

Hello Olly

Would it be possible to use the sudo command to run the script as root ?

Andreas

[Alexei]

Alternatively, you may set

AllowRoot=1

in ZABBIX agent configuration file. Use at your own risk.

[oliverm]

Andreas,

Alas no. Theres something in the script that prevents SUDO'ing the file. We've had a good play with the sudoers file to try to remove any need for passwords, but the chaps who produce the code say the only way to ensure it runs is to run it as root.

Olly

[oliverm]

Alexei

Does that switch allow zabbix to run as root, or does it *make* zabbix agent run as root ? If it just allows it, what do i need to change to make it run under the root user account, do you know ?


Olly