- c_complain(LOG_ERR, &c, "processes plugin: reading delay information "
- "failed: \"%s\". This is probably because the "
- "taskstats interface requires root privileges.",
+#if defined(HAVE_SYS_CAPABILITY_H) && defined(CAP_NET_ADMIN)
+ if (check_capability(CAP_NET_ADMIN) != 0) {
+ if (getuid() == 0) {
+ c_complain(
+ LOG_ERR, &c,
+ "processes plugin: Reading Delay Accounting metric failed: %s. "
+ "collectd is running as root, but missing the CAP_NET_ADMIN "
+ "capability. The most common cause for this is that the init "
+ "system is dropping capabilities.",
+ STRERROR(status));
+ } else {
+ c_complain(
+ LOG_ERR, &c,
+ "processes plugin: Reading Delay Accounting metric failed: %s. "
+ "collectd is not running as root and missing the CAP_NET_ADMIN "
+ "capability. Either run collectd as root or grant it the "
+ "CAP_NET_ADMIN capability using \"setcap cap_net_admin=ep " PREFIX
+ "/sbin/collectd\".",
+ STRERROR(status));
+ }
+ } else {
+ ERROR("processes plugin: ts_delay_by_tgid failed: %s. The CAP_NET_ADMIN "
+ "capability is available (I checked), so this error is utterly "
+ "unexpected.",
+ STRERROR(status));
+ }
+#else
+ c_complain(LOG_ERR, &c,
+ "processes plugin: Reading Delay Accounting metric failed: %s. "
+ "Reading Delay Accounting metrics requires root privileges.",