# Having Sensu sudo
**URL:** https://discourse.sensu.io/t/having-sensu-sudo/26
**Category:** Sensu Classic (EOL)
**Created:** [May 16, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/having-sensu-sudo/26 "2013-05-16T22:23:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Christopher\_Armstron](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/Christopher_Armstron)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/having-sensu-sudo/26/1 "2013-05-16T22:23:21Z")
Hello folks,
I am trying to have sensu run checks as another user. So, in the check body, I am doing **/usr/bin/sudo -u postgres /path/to/our/sql/check**. However, this results in an error:
**sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified Sorry, try again. sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified Sorry, try again. sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified Sorry, try again. sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts**
It seems like this is a common use-case, so there must be something I am missing. I assume sensu runs checks as its own user account. So, how do we have it run checks as root or as another user?
Thanks,
Chris
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### Author:  [@Sean\_Porter](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/Sean_Porter)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/having-sensu-sudo/26/2 "2013-05-16T22:27:14Z")
The Sensu user will need passwordless sudo. You may use a /etc/sudoers.d/ file for granular\* control.
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> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Christopher Armstrong [chris@chrisarmstrong.me](mailto:chris@chrisarmstrong.me) wrote:
>
> > Hello folks,
>
> > I am trying to have sensu run checks as another user. So, in the check body, I am doing **/usr/bin/sudo -u postgres /path/to/our/sql/check**. However, this results in an error:
>
> >
>
> > **sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified Sorry, try again. sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified Sorry, try again. sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified Sorry, try again. sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts**
>
> >
>
> > It seems like this is a common use-case, so there must be something I am missing. I assume sensu runs checks as its own user account. So, how do we have it run checks as root or as another user?
>
> >
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > Chris
>
> –
> Cheers,
>
> Sean Porter
>
> { blog: “[http://portertech.ca](http://portertech.ca/)”, projects: “[https://github.com/portertech](https://github.com/portertech)” }
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### Author:  [@Christopher\_Armstron](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/Christopher_Armstron)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/having-sensu-sudo/26/3 "2013-05-16T22:30:49Z")
Thanks Sean! Is the way I am using sudo in the check the recommended sensu way? Or is there a way to tell sensu it should sudo to run a check? I assume by default it just runs as the normal user?
> **···**
>
> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Christopher Armstrong [chris@chrisarmstrong.me](mailto:chris@chrisarmstrong.me) wrote:
>
> > Hello folks,
>
> > I am trying to have sensu run checks as another user. So, in the check body, I am doing **/usr/bin/sudo -u postgres /path/to/our/sql/check**. However, this results in an error:
>
> >
>
> > **sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified Sorry, try again. sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified Sorry, try again. sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified Sorry, try again. sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts**
>
> >
>
> > It seems like this is a common use-case, so there must be something I am missing. I assume sensu runs checks as its own user account. So, how do we have it run checks as root or as another user?
>
> >
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > Chris
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sean Porter
>
> { blog: “[http://portertech.ca](http://portertech.ca/)”, projects: “[https://github.com/portertech](https://github.com/portertech)” }
>
> –
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### Author:  [@Joe\_Miller](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/Joe_Miller)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/having-sensu-sudo/26/4 "2013-05-16T22:48:09Z")
example setup:
/etc/sudoers.d/sensu:
Defaults:sensu !requiretty
Defaults:sensu secure\_path = /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
sensu ALL = NOPASSWD: /etc/sensu/plugins/check-ping-private-gateway.rb
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>
> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Christopher Armstrong [chris@chrisarmstrong.me](mailto:chris@chrisarmstrong.me) wrote:
>
> > Thanks Sean! Is the way I am using sudo in the check the recommended sensu way? Or is there a way to tell sensu it should sudo to run a check? I assume by default it just runs as the normal user?
> >
> > On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Sean Porter [portertech@gmail.com](mailto:portertech@gmail.com) wrote:
> >
> > > The Sensu user will need passwordless sudo. You may use a /etc/sudoers.d/ file for granular\* control.
>
> >
>
> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Christopher Armstrong [chris@chrisarmstrong.me](mailto:chris@chrisarmstrong.me) wrote:
>
> > Hello folks,
>
> > I am trying to have sensu run checks as another user. So, in the check body, I am doing **/usr/bin/sudo -u postgres /path/to/our/sql/check**. However, this results in an error:
>
> >
>
> > **sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified Sorry, try again. sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified Sorry, try again. sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified Sorry, try again. sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts**
>
> >
>
> > It seems like this is a common use-case, so there must be something I am missing. I assume sensu runs checks as its own user account. So, how do we have it run checks as root or as another user?
>
> >
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > Chris
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sean Porter
>
> { blog: “[http://portertech.ca](http://portertech.ca/)”, projects: “[https://github.com/portertech](https://github.com/portertech)” }
>
> –
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### Author:  [@Christopher\_Armstron](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/Christopher_Armstron)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/having-sensu-sudo/26/5 "2013-05-16T23:19:21Z")
Thanks Joe - I’ll be sure to add the “requiretty” part.
> **···**
>
> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Christopher Armstrong [chris@chrisarmstrong.me](mailto:chris@chrisarmstrong.me) wrote:
>
> > Thanks Sean! Is the way I am using sudo in the check the recommended sensu way? Or is there a way to tell sensu it should sudo to run a check? I assume by default it just runs as the normal user?
> >
> > On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Sean Porter [portertech@gmail.com](mailto:portertech@gmail.com) wrote:
> >
> > > The Sensu user will need passwordless sudo. You may use a /etc/sudoers.d/ file for granular\* control.
>
> >
>
> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Christopher Armstrong [chris@chrisarmstrong.me](mailto:chris@chrisarmstrong.me) wrote:
>
> > Hello folks,
>
> > I am trying to have sensu run checks as another user. So, in the check body, I am doing **/usr/bin/sudo -u postgres /path/to/our/sql/check**. However, this results in an error:
>
> >
>
> > **sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified Sorry, try again. sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified Sorry, try again. sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified Sorry, try again. sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts**
>
> >
>
> > It seems like this is a common use-case, so there must be something I am missing. I assume sensu runs checks as its own user account. So, how do we have it run checks as root or as another user?
>
> >
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > Chris
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sean Porter
>
> { blog: “[http://portertech.ca](http://portertech.ca/)”, projects: “[https://github.com/portertech](https://github.com/portertech)” }
>
> –
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### Author:  [@jspaleta](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/jspaleta)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/having-sensu-sudo/26/6 "2018-11-22T02:04:52Z")