[Nagiosplug-devel] [ nagiosplug-Patches-3573821 ] Please add "use sudo" option to check_mailq

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Patches item #3573821, was opened at 2012-10-02 08:11
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Category: Enhancement
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Christopher Schultz (chris_schultz)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Please add "use sudo" option to check_mailq 

Initial Comment:
Using check_mailq 1.4.15.

The check_mailq plug-in calls /usr/bin/mailq which, in my environments, requires root access. This is easily accomplished by giving nagios sudo access to /usr/bin/mailq but check_mailq needs to call sudo in order to use those privileges.

I have made a small patch that accomplishes this goal with an additional parameter (-s or --sudo). The user still needs to edit /etc/sudoers to give the nagios user permissions to execute /usr/bin/mailq without a password.

I attached my patch to my original issue report over at the old Nagios plugins tracker here: http://tracker.nagios.org/view.php?id=368

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