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The exporter needs root access #8

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chanchiwai-ray opened this issue Jun 15, 2023 · 0 comments
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The exporter needs root access #8

chanchiwai-ray opened this issue Jun 15, 2023 · 0 comments
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It will be better to warn and block the usage of the exporter if the user is not running it as the root user, or with sudo. Because many collectors in this exporter assumes root access (the underlying tool, in particular), and will "fail" silently with incorrect output.
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