Test UserParameter, system.run[] command with user zabbix

Zabbix Agent or Zabbix Server are running by user zabbix. Sometimes I need to test the remote command or UserParameter before I continue to integrete it in server/agent configuration.

By default zabbix user has now shell configured. This information can be determined with:

grep zabbix /etc/passwd

This will show:

zabbix:x:997:994:Zabbix Monitoring System:/var/lib/zabbix:/sbin/nologin

I can configure the shell for zabbix user by setting "/etc/passwd" like this:

zabbix:x:997:994:Zabbix Monitoring System:/var/lib/zabbix:/bin/bash

But there is another way to execute bash for user zabbix:

su -s /bin/bash zabbix