Plug-ins that require root access

Overview

In general, the Netprobe should be run as a regular user on your platform. However, there are plug-ins in Geneos that require the Netprobe to run with root permission on Unix or as local administrator on Windows to run properly. For more information, see Run Netprobe under elevated privileges in Linux in Quickstart: Linux and other platforms .

Plug-ins

This section lists the plug-ins that require root access:

Plug-in	Details
Network	Only requires root access if the Linux kernel version is below 2.6.33, and the Linux Netprobe version is prior to GA3.1.0-150223. For more information, see Network in Network.
Hardware	The vendor metric added in Netprobe GA4.5 requires root permission. Otherwise, it displays as "NA". This metric is only available for Linux, but not other Unix platforms. For more information, see Hardware in Hardware.
Trapmon	Only requires root access if the sampler uses the default SNMP port. For more information, see SNMP Trapmon.
X Broadcast	Does not require root access if the Linux kernel version is 2.6.24 and higher, and the `CAP_NET_RAW` and `CAP_NET_ADMIN` of the Netprobe is enabled. For more information, see Permissions in X Broadcast.
X Mcast	Does not require root access if the Linux kernel version is 2.6.24 and higher, and the `CAP_NET_RAW` and `CAP_NET_ADMIN` of the Netprobe is enabled. For more information, see X Mcast in X Mcast.
X Ping	Does not require root access if the Linux kernel version is 2.6.24 and higher, and the `CAP_NET_RAW` and `CAP_NET_ADMIN` of the Netprobe is enabled. For more information, see Permissions in X Ping.
X Route	Does not require root access if the Linux kernel version is 2.6.24 and higher, and the `CAP_NET_RAW` and `CAP_NET_ADMIN` of the Netprobe is enabled. For more information, see Permissions in X Route.
X Services	Does not require root access if the Linux kernel version is 2.6.24 and higher, and the `CAP_NET_RAW` and `CAP_NET_ADMIN` of the Netprobe is enabled. For more information, see X Services in X Services
X Top	Does not require root access if the Linux kernel version is 2.6.24 and higher, and the `CAP_NET_RAW` and `CAP_NET_ADMIN` of the Netprobe is enabled. For more information, see Permissions in X Top.
X Traffic	Does not require root access if the Linux kernel version is 2.6.24 and higher, and the `CAP_NET_RAW` and `CAP_NET_ADMIN` of the Netprobe is enabled. For more information, see Permissions in X Traffic
SU	Requires root access due to the nature of the plug-in. For more information, see SU.
Veritas Cluster Server	Only requires root access if the commands `lltconfig` and `gabconfig` are required. For more information, see Handling Authentication in Veritas Cluster Server.