[collectd] Help with exec plugin

[Florian Forster]

Hi Daniel,

On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 08:40:40PM +0800, Daniel Rowe wrote:
> > > The output from this script is:
> > > 
> > > fileserver/exec-smart/temperature-3ware_0 interval=60 N:33
> > > fileserver/exec-smart/temperature-3ware_1 interval=60 N:34
> > > fileserver/exec-smart/temperature-3ware_2 interval=60 N:34
> > > fileserver/exec-smart/temperature-3ware_3 interval=60 N:33

> I have changed my script to output:
> 
> PUTVAL fileserver/exec-smart/temperature-3ware_0 interval=60 N:34
> PUTVAL fileserver/exec-smart/temperature-3ware_1 interval=60 N:35
> PUTVAL fileserver/exec-smart/temperature-3ware_2 interval=60 N:35
> PUTVAL fileserver/exec-smart/temperature-3ware_3 interval=60 N:34

I've written a small test script that simply outputs those strings and
they work for me.

> > > My exec part of the sensors collectd.conf file:
> > > 
> > > <Plugin exec>
> > >         Exec "sensors:sensors" "/usr/lib64/collectd/exec-smartctl"
> > > </Plugin>

Are you using the file included in contrib/? That script uses sudo to
re-gain root privileges. Did you try to run that script like this:?
  # sudo -u sensors /usr/lib64/collectd/exec-smartctl
If `sudo' is not set up correctly it might ask for a password or simply
deny access, which will lead to invalid output. Running the script as
root works, of course..

Regards,
-octo
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