Hmmmm, seems that monit changing to a user and running bash -l is different from sudo changing to a user and running bash -l.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/opensim-monit.conf b/opensim-monit.conf
index 9688a25..7785056 100644
--- a/opensim-monit.conf
+++ b/opensim-monit.conf
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@
 #
 # see ../README for configuration instructions.
 #
+# Hmmmm, seems that monit changing to a user and running bash -l is different from sudo changing to a user and running bash -l.
+#
 check process sim01 with pidfile /var/run/opensim/sim01.pid
-    start program = "/bin/bash -c 'cd /opt/opensim/config/sim01 && /opt/opensim/config/sim01/start-sim -q'"
-        as uid opensim and gid opensim
-    stop program = "/bin/bash -c 'cd /opt/opensim/config/sim01 && /opt/opensim/config/sim01/stop-sim'" with timeout 600 seconds
+    start program = "/usr/bin/sudo -Hu opensim /bin/bash -lc 'cd /opt/opensim/config/sim01 && /opt/opensim/config/sim01/start-sim -q'"
+        as uid root and gid root
+    stop program = "/usr/bin/sudo -Hu opensim /bin/bash -lc 'cd /opt/opensim/config/sim01 && /opt/opensim/config/sim01/stop-sim'" with timeout 600 seconds
     if cpu usage > 50% for 4 cycles then restart
 #    if 5 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout
 #    if failed url http://127.0.0.1:9005/jsonSimStats/