Re: Error: the executable does not exist 'su'

[Jan-Henrik Haukeland]

On 15. aug. 2006, at 20.29, Anoop kumar V wrote:

> # ./monit status
> /etc/monitrc:21: Error: the executable does not exist 'su'
...

You need to specify the full path to the su command. Monit sets a  
very spartan path variable which may not contain this command.

> check host Remediation_Test with address amp.twoliter.com
>         group www
>         start program = "su - weblogic -c /opt/bea/user_projects/ 
> domains/cap2test/start"

Write instead (assuming su is in /usr/bin):
        start program = "/usr/bin/su - weblogic -c /opt/bea/ 
user_projects/domains/cap2test/start"

On a side note, monit also support user id and group id switch upon  
starting a program, if you run monit as root. That is you could also  
write the above as

        start program = "/opt/bea/user_projects/domains/cap2test/ 
start" as uid weblogic and gid weblogic

See also the tomcat config example here, http://www.tildeslash.com/ 
monit/doc/manual.php#configuration_examples

Monit will then run the server as the weblogic user.


>         start program = "cd /opt/bea/user_projects/domains/cap2dev;  
> su weblogic -c \"nohup

The start/stop command only takes a program with arguments. You  
cannot run a script directly. If you want to run a script you must  
start a shell like so

        start program = "/bin/bash -c 'cd /opt/bea/user_projects/ 
domains/cap2dev; su weblogic -c ..'

> What I am trying to do is this:
>
>  Run some processes as another user (weblogic). So for that I use  
> "su weblogic"


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Jan-Henrik Haukeland