Which user is executing the CheckMK agent and local checks/scripts?

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Hello,

I’m trying to monitor some Active Directory attributes on my DC and wrote a local check for that (%PROGRAMDATA%\checkmk\agent\local). But my counters are just empty in CheckMK.
Local execution via PowerShell is working. So it looks like a privilege problem for me.

Which user is executing my script in case of the CheckMK agent? Is it the system user?

PS: Nice new forum here :slight_smile:

Regards
CheckMan

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Have you tried to run “check_mk_agent test” and see if get desired output ?
Yes, normally is system user (Local system).

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Thanks for your reply @ricardoftribeiro!

I get an output in the “local” section but the values are just 0’s…

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Without seeing your script is dificult to say.
Try to change the user who runs the agent in the “services.msc” and see if the result gets any different.

Cheers,

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Damn, my script was wrong…
Works now :slight_smile:

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