Plugins that require root access

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In general, the Netprobe should be run as a regular user on your platform. However, there are plugins 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: and other platforms .

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This section lists the plugins that require root access:

Plugin 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 the Network plugin.

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 the Hardware plugin.

Trapmon

Only requires root access if the sampler uses the default SNMP port.

For more information, see the SNMP Trapmon plugin.

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 the X Broadcast plugin.

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 the X Mcast plugin.

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 the X Ping plugin.

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 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 the X Services plugin.

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 the X Top plugin.

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 the X Traffic plugin.

SU

Requires root access due to the nature of the plugin.

For more information, see the SU plugin.

Veritas Cluster Server

Only requires root access if the commands lltconfig and gabconfig are required.

For more information, see the Veritas Cluster Server plugin.

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