Michel

A small note on using the hddtemp SMART probe

As /usr/sbin/hddtemp has to be run by root, there are two manual tweaks to do to have it run properly. First add sudo in /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/contrib/check_lm_sensors at the command issued at line 29O (in the revision 1030) : my $command = "$hddtemp_bin -n /dev/$name"; changes to -> my $command = "sudo $hddtemp_bin -n /dev/$name"; Then edit the sudoers file to add an authorization to the nagios user for sudoing this peculiar command : nagios ALL=(root) NOPASSWD:/usr/sbin/hddtemp (if your nagios user is not called nagios, please update accordingly) And that's all.

Reviewed 15 years ago