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4.3.0 fping problem

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list Mv652 · Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:58:57 -0600 ·
Hi, 
I am putting in a new install with Xymon 4.3.0 beta 2. 
When I try to use 'fping' as my ping utility, I receive connection errors for all hosts, including the server itself: 
"Service conn on <host> is not OK : Host does not respond to ping
System unreachable for 1 poll periods (0 seconds)" 

Using' hobbitping' works fine, but because it doesn't report back the  times in microseconds correctly I need to use fping.  I'm a little stumped as to what I'm missing to have fping work correctly. 

My sudoers file is set as: "xymon ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/sbin/fping".
Typing in "sudo /usr/local/sbin/fping -Ae <host>" on the command line as my xymon user gives me a response with no password needed. 
My hobbitserver.cfg file has entry: FPING="sudo /usr/local/sbin/fping -Ae". 
[xymon at pxxxxxx etc]$ id
uid=500(xymon) gid=500(xymon) groups=500(xymon)
[xymon at xxxxxx etc]$ which fping
/usr/local/sbin/fping
[xymon at xxxxxx etc]$ ls -l /usr/local/sbin/fping
 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 48827 Jul  8 13:07 /usr/local/sbin/fping
[xymon at xxxxxx etc]$ /usr/local/sbin/fping -Ae y.y.y.y
This program can only be run by root, or it must be setuid root.
[xymon at xxxxxx etc]$ sudo /usr/local/sbin/fping -Ae y.y.y.y
y.y.y.y is alive (0.85 ms) 

I've compiled with 'hobbitping' and then with 'fping', updating the hobbitserver.cfg with the same result. 

I don't think this is a DNS issue because hobbitping works and the IP's reported back to my tests are correct. 

Any ideas? 

Thanks,
Mario
list Dominique Frise · Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:38:03 +0200 ·
fping is normaly installed with setuid "-rwsr-sr-x": there no need to use sudo. The option -Ae is not part of the definition in hobbitserver.cfg.

Try this:

FPING="/usr/local/sbin/fping"


Dominique
quoted from Mv652


user-2e62ad6fd761@xymon.invalid wrote:
Hi,
I am putting in a new install with Xymon 4.3.0 beta 2.
When I try to use 'fping' as my ping utility, I receive connection errors for all hosts, including the server itself:
"Service conn on <host> is not OK : Host does not respond to ping
System unreachable for 1 poll periods (0 seconds)"

Using' hobbitping' works fine, but because it doesn't report back the  times in microseconds correctly I need to use fping.  I'm a little stumped as to what I'm missing to have fping work correctly.

My sudoers file is set as: "xymon ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/sbin/fping".
Typing in "sudo /usr/local/sbin/fping -Ae <host>" on the command line as my xymon user gives me a response with no password needed.
My hobbitserver.cfg file has entry: FPING="sudo /usr/local/sbin/fping -Ae".
[xymon at pxxxxxx etc]$ id
uid=500(xymon) gid=500(xymon) groups=500(xymon)
[xymon at xxxxxx etc]$ which fping
/usr/local/sbin/fping
[xymon at xxxxxx etc]$ ls -l /usr/local/sbin/fping
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 48827 Jul  8 13:07 /usr/local/sbin/fping
[xymon at xxxxxx etc]$ /usr/local/sbin/fping -Ae y.y.y.y
This program can only be run by root, or it must be setuid root.
[xymon at xxxxxx etc]$ sudo /usr/local/sbin/fping -Ae y.y.y.y
y.y.y.y is alive (0.85 ms)

I've compiled with 'hobbitping' and then with 'fping', updating the hobbitserver.cfg with the same result.

I don't think this is a DNS issue because hobbitping works and the IP's reported back to my tests are correct.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Mario