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RMC Interface - What user account should the netprobe run as when monitoring TREP components

The Geneos netprobe does not have to run as the application user that owns the shared but it is recommended to do so. In typical TREP environment the shared memory fragments are owned by radmin user. The below is a typical environment

radmin@geneos-lab1# ipcs -am

------ Message Queues --------
key        msqid      owner      perms      used-bytes   messages

------ Shared Memory Segments --------
key        shmid      owner      perms      bytes      nattch     status
0x007a73da 0          radmin     666        112        1
0x00000593 1          radmin     664        50432      3
0x000ff627 2          radmin     666        1960       3
0x008ff627 3          radmin     666        1          1
0x004e90bc 4          radmin     666        3096       3
0x0000003c 40         radmin     664        100312     3
0x00000050 45         radmin     664        800312     3
0x00001f41 46         radmin     664        800312     1
0x00001f42 47         radmin     664        800312     1
0x00001f43 48         radmin     664        800312     1
0x00000052 49         radmin     664        12000312   3
0x00002009 50         radmin     664        12000312   1
0x0000200a 51         radmin     664        12000312   1
0x0000200b 52         radmin     664        12000312   1

------ Semaphore Arrays --------
key        semid      owner      perms      nsems
0x00000593 0          radmin     666        8
0x0000003c 36         radmin     666        8
0x00000050 41         radmin     666        8
0x00001f41 42         radmin     666        8
0x00001f42 43         radmin     666        8
0x00001f43 44         radmin     666        8
0x00000052 49         radmin     666        8
0x00002009 50         radmin     666        8
0x0000200a 51         radmin     666        8
0x0000200b 52         radmin     666        8

The netprobe is non instrusive it will only be required to read shared memory content it does not interfere or perform write operations.

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