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Host- and check-specific event handlers can be enabled or disabled by using the "event_handler_enabled" directive in your host and check definitions. Host- and check-specific event handlers will not be executed if the global enable_event_handlers option is disabled.
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Event handler commands will normally execute with the same permissions as the user under which Shinken is running on your machine. This can present a problem if you want to write an event handler that restarts system checksservices, as root privileges are generally required to do these sorts of tasks.
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