Joshua Powers

> /etc/telegraf would be assigned to telegraf group. Than we could add our mangement user to this telegraf group (already done) and manage telegraf config without root user. ok! Given...

> best way would be, not to reset /etc/telegraf/telegraf.d permission and group, during rpm update. I do not believe we can make this change. This is how the RPM is...

Thanks for the response @jdstrand and for looping back around @1tft For the purpose of this issue, I have created #12643. This creates the .ignore file for the RPM packaging...

@1tft can you take a look at the artifacts in the attached PR and confirm this would work in your situation? Thanks!

> Tried different install/upgrade processes and I think it does exactly what expected: /etc/telegraf/telegraf.d is not resetted regarding permissions by telegraf RPM updates (any longer). Excellent! thank you for confirming...

Hi, In the `sqlserver` plugin it looks like there are at least four queries which cast `float(10)`: * `./sqlserver/azuresqldbqueries.go` * `./sqlserver/azuresqlmanagedqueries.go` * `./sqlserver/sqlqueriesV2.go` * `./sqlserver/sqlserverqueries.go` Anytime we change a datatype,...

The readme specifies that the telegraf user will need to be added to the pdns group. Have you done that? If so can you run `groups telegraf` and ensure it...

> where the directory is group writeable, This seems very odd, however in the [PowerDNS Recursor README](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/powerdns_recursor) there are more details about the socket-mode in the powerdns settings. Is the...

@aderumier, If you have something that can aid users, then I would appreciate a new issue and not commenting on a closed one. > socket-mode only works with powerdns recursor,...

next steps: see if we should force the config files to 640 vs 644