[Nagiosplug-help] Clarification- using check_nrpe and check_mailq

[Mitchell K. Smith]

It was set to use the nagios group. I switched it to mail but still the same error.
Here is my nrpe.cfg 
#############################################################################
server_port=5666
allowed_hosts=127.0.0.1,172.31.11.1
nrpe_user=nagios
nrpe_group=mail
debug=1
command_timeout=60
command[check_users]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_users -w 5 -c 10
command[check_load]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_load -w 15,10,5 -c 30,25,20
command[check_disk1]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_disk -w 20 -c 10 -p /dev/hda1
command[check_disk2]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_disk -w 20 -c 10 -p /dev/hdb1
command[check_zombie_procs]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_procs -w 5 -c 10 -s Z
command[check_total_procs]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_procs -w 150 -c 200 
command[check_mail_queue]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_mailq -w 1 -c 2
command[check_named]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_procs --command=named



-----Original Message-----
From: Subhendu Ghosh [mailto:sghosh at sghosh.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 4:23 PM
To: Mitchell K. Smith
Cc: nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [Nagiosplug-help] Clarification- using check_nrpe and
check_mailq


If the group info is not taking affect - have you tried using the group 
command in the nrpe.conf file to explicitly tell xinetd to use group=mail?

-sg

On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Mitchell K. Smith wrote:

> Yes.
> nrpe is running as the nagios user.
> did a "service xinetd restart" rather than a "killall -HUP xinetd"
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Subhendu Ghosh [mailto:sghosh at sghosh.org]
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 3:44 PM
> To: nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: [Nagiosplug-help] Clarification- using check_nrpe and
> check_mailq
> 
> 
> Is nrpe runniing as the nagios user?
> 
> did you hup xinetd after modifying the groups info?
> 
> -sg
> 
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Mitchell K. Smith wrote:
> 
> > Thanks. I think I was already that far.
> > 
> > The directory on the remote host already has permissions set like this:
> > drwxr-x---    2 root     mail         4096 Mar 27 12:23 mqueue
> > 
> > I am running nrpe as the nagios user.
> > xinetd.d]# cat nrpe 
> > # default: on
> >         # description: NRPE
> > service nrpe
> > {
> >         flags = REUSE
> >         log_on_failure += USERID
> >         socket_type = stream
> >         user = nagios
> >         server = /usr/local/nagios/libexec/nrpe
> >         server_args = -c /usr/local/nagios/etc/nrpe.cfg --inetd
> >         wait = no
> >         only_from = 172.31.11.1 172.31.6.29
> > }
> > 
> > The nagios user is already a member of mail:
> > from /etc/group
> > mail:x:12:mail,postfix,nagios
> > 
> > Still gets the same error.
> > 
> > Mitch
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Subhendu Ghosh [mailto:sghosh at sghosh.org]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 2:59 PM
> > To: Mitchell K. Smith
> > Cc: nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: Re: [Nagiosplug-help] Clarification- using check_nrpe and
> > check_mailq
> > 
> > 
> > Looks like the directory perms for mqueue got changed between rh7.3 and 
> > rh8
> > 
> > change the group perms on mqueue to rx (group == mail)
> > add nrpe user to group mail
> > 
> > run ./check_mailq as nrpe user to verify.
> > 
> > Also the plugin needs better error checking - I'll post a bug report
> > [710973] on that.
> > 
> > -sg
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Mitchell K. Smith wrote:
> > 
> > > I should have been more clear on two points.
> > > 
> > > OS is RH Linux 7.3 on the Nagios server and 8.0 on the remote host.
> > > 
> > > By changing group permissions on the /var/spool/mqueue directory to r x, I am able to get check_mailq to run as the Nagios user. The problem occurrs when trying to use nrpe from the Nagios server.
> > > 
> > > # ./check_nrpe -H 172.31.11.10 -c check_mail_queue
> > > uires special privileges, e.g., root or TrustedUser.
> > > Use of uninitialized value in numeric eq (==) at /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_mailq line 104.
> > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_mailq line 110.
> > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_mailq line 110.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Mitchell K. Smith 
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 12:33 PM
> > > To: nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net
> > > Subject: [Nagiosplug-help] using check_nrpe and check_mailq
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Greetings.
> > > 
> > > I am attempting to check the mail queue on a remote server.
> > > 
> > > check_mailq (nagios-plugins 1.3.0) 1.1
> > > NRPE Plugin for Nagios Version: 1.8
> > > 
> > > If I run check_mailq on the remote host as user nagios I get the following error:
> > > $ ./check_mailq -w 1 -c 2
> > > Program mode requires special privileges, e.g., root or TrustedUser.
> > > Use of uninitialized value in numeric eq (==) at ./check_mailq line 104.
> > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./check_mailq line 110.
> > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./check_mailq line 110.
> > >  | mailq = 
> > > 
> > > If I run as root, it works.
> > > # ./check_mailq -w 1 -c 2
> > > OK: mailq is empty | mailq = 0
> > > 
> > > I would rather not have to run the plugins as root on the remote host. Tried giving the mail group r,x permissions and making nagios a member of the mail group. That didn't help.
> > > 
> > > Can someone recommend the best way to deal with this?
> > > Thanks for your help.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Mitchell K. Smith
> > > 
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