Hard-wired username for zabbix_server setuid

[smulcahy]

Hi,

From a quick look at the code it looks like the username that zabbix_server setuids to is hardcoded in

src/libs/zbxnix/daemon.c, line 93

Can we change this to a configure-time parameter? I may want to install zabbix-server to run as a different username (better yet, a run-time parameter in the config file like other typical unix daemons) but failing that, a parameter I pass during ./configure

Thanks,

-stephen

[Calimero]

If you don't want to patch zabbix, you can setuid before starting zabbix.

If zabbix is non-root it won't try to setuid to "zabbix". Hence you could start zabbix using Debian's 'start-stop-daemon' script or a similar script.

[smulcahy]

If you don't want to patch zabbix, you can setuid before starting zabbix.

If zabbix is non-root it won't try to setuid to "zabbix". Hence you could start zabbix using Debian's 'start-stop-daemon' script or a similar script.

Hi,

Thanks for that. Interestingly I already tried using the start-stop-daemon with the --user option but it still started it as user zabbix. Maybe the --chuid will do the trick.

Thanks! It would still be nice to have this as a runtime option at some stage in the future (but obviously it's non-urgent).

-stephen

[Calimero]

Thanks for that. Interestingly I already tried using the start-stop-daemon with the --user option but it still started it as user zabbix. Maybe the --chuid will do the trick.

Indeed. --user tells s-s-d what user the process is expected to run as when checking/killing processes.

--chuid tells s-s-d to switch user before running the daemon.