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Install Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Alpha 2 on VirtualBox

[code lang=”js”]lsb_release -a[/code] [code lang=”js”]Installing the Window System drivers Warning: unknown version of the X Window System installed. Not installing X Window System drivers[/code] [code lang=”js”]apt-get install dkms[/code] [code lang=”js”]cd /media//VBOXADDITIONS_4.3.7_92080/[/code] [code lang=”js”]sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run[/code]

zabbix_agentd cannot run as root

[code lang=”js”] Starting Zabbix agent: zabbix_agentd [10808]: user zabbix does not exist zabbix_agentd [10808]: cannot run as root![/code] [code lang=”js”]groupadd zabbix[/code] <p style="text-align: justify;"> <p> [code lang=&#8221;js&#8221;]chown zabbix:zabbix /var/run/zabbix/[/code] </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> <p> [code lang=&#8221;js&#8221;]rm -f /var/log/zabbix/*[/code] </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> <p> [code lang=&#8221;js&#8221;]rm -f /var/run/zabbix/*[/code] </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> <p> [code lang=&#8221;js&#8221;]service zabbix-agent restart[/code] </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> <p> [code lang=&#8221;js&#8221;]chkconfig zabbix-agent on[/code] </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> This should fix the agent start-up problem.