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Hobbitping not working

list James Gearing
Wed, 7 Jun 2006 17:09:01 -0400
Message-Id: <user-99a071fe13e6@xymon.invalid>

Thanks, for some reason I though root owning it would do, guess I was
wrong. Its working now! 
 
The 4.2 beta release is looking great so far!


	From: Larry Barber [mailto:user-6ef9c2864140@xymon.invalid] 
	Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 4:34 PM
	To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
	Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbitping not working
	
	
	You need to set the suid bit on hobbitping:
	
	# chmod +s hobbitping (as root).
	
	Thanks,
	Larry Barber
	
	
	On 6/7/06, Gearing, James <user-eb1a3271f7cc@xymon.invalid> wrote: 

		I just installed hobbit server 4.2-beta. This is my
first hobbit setup.
		
		Hobbitping does not seem to be working. All "conn" are
red, saying nodes
		are not OK, not responding to ping.
		
		The bbtest reports... 
		
		Error output:
		Execution of '/export/home/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitping
-Ae' failed -
		program not suid root?
		
		Hobbitping is owned by root:hobbit
		
		Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?
		
		Thanks, 
		James