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How to allow NRPE daemon to run specific commands as root

Edit sudoers files:

visudo

Under the line "root    ALL=(ALL)       ALL" enter the fowling:

nagios  ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD: /command/to/execute/as_root

Defaults:nagios         !requiretty

Note: You can separate multiple commands with a comma

Save and exit the file with the vim command:

:wq 

Update your NRPE command config file to prefix the sudo command:

command[nrpe_check]=/usr/bin/sudo /command/to/execute/as_root

Save and exit and restart the nape service:

service nrpe restart