[Nagiosplug-help] getting the check_dhcp pluggin to work

[Andreas Ericsson]

dwStephen Joy wrote:
> hi,
> 
> i am trying to get the check_dhcp plugin working and am not having
> much luck. so far i am not using it from within nagios just running
> it from a command line but i am getting this error:
> 
> "Error: Could not bind to DHCP socket (port 68)! Check your
> privileges..."
> 

Are you running a proper DHCP client on the same machine? If you do, it 
won't work.

> i am running it as root and ran the make command as root also.
> 
> any ideas as to why i am getting thi error and what i can do to
> resolve it would be much appreiceated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 

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