Description of problem: iostat_ios and diskstats try to write some state stuff to /var/lib/munin/plugin-state but fail with permission denied... I presume they're run as nobody by default and that's why it's failing. I added the following to /etc/munin/plugin-conf.d/munin-node: ====================================================== [diskstats] user munin [iostat_ios] user munin ====================================================== and they both started working. Note: there could be other plugins that need this also, but these are just the ones I ran into after a base install. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): munin-node-1.4.6-4.fc15.1.noarch
It should be running by default as root... can you attach your /etc/munin/munin-node.conf file?
Created attachment 528545 [details] munin-node.conf My munin-node.conf is pretty much stock... I just removed an "allow" line before uploading it. The user and group options are set to root. I made a simple plugin just to see what the euid is, which I'll attach next...
Created attachment 528547 [details] simple whoami plugin stick this in /etc/munin/plugins and then run "munin-run whoami" # munin-run whoami whoami.value nobody FYI, selinux is disabled on this machine if that matters (it shouldn't, but just mentioning it.)
*** Bug 822919 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This bug dropped off my radar. :( Sorry about that. Will try and figure out whats going on soon here... additional debugging welcome. I'm not sure how/why it would ever run as nobody.
This bug is also present in RHEL6's package in EPEL.
munin-1.4.7-5.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/munin-1.4.7-5.fc17
munin-1.4.7-5.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/munin-1.4.7-5.fc16
munin-1.4.7-5.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/munin-1.4.7-5.fc15
munin-1.4.7-5.el6 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 6. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/munin-1.4.7-5.el6
munin-1.4.7-5.el5 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 5. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/munin-1.4.7-5.el5
Package munin-1.4.7-5.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing munin-1.4.7-5.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-8123/munin-1.4.7-5.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
munin-1.4.7-5.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
munin-1.4.7-5.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
munin-1.4.7-5.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
munin-1.4.7-5.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
munin-1.4.7-5.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.