[Nagiosplug-help] Problem with NRPE and check_procs with -C or-a usage

[Kyle Smith]

Congrats Arthur!

And yeah, none of us have ever made a mistake like that ;-)

kyle

On Aug 12, 2010, at 11:31 AM, Arthur Franke wrote:

> I am embarrassed.  I was not giving the correct path in the nrpe_local.cfg file, which I did not realize until looking at the output in the log file, as per Mr. Spatz's suggestion.  I must have looked at this config file 100 times without noticing.  It's even in my first email: "/usr/nagios/plugins" in the check_foo definition should be "/usr/lib/nagios/plugins".  After making this change, it works fine.
> 
> I apologize for taking up so many people's time.  
> 
> -Arthur
> 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Peter Spatz <peter.spatz at xchanging.com> wrote:
> Activate debug mode in nrpe.cfg an have a look on your syslog what's happening when the check is called. 
> 
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best Regards 
> 
> 
> 
> Peter Spatz 
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> Von: Arthur Franke <arthurjfranke at gmail.com> 
> An: Nagios Plugin Help List <nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net> 
> Gesendet: Thu Aug 12 19:37:17 2010
> Betreff: Re: [Nagiosplug-help] Problem with NRPE and check_procs with -C or-a usage 
> 
> Thanks for the reply.  Yes, many times.
> 
> -Arthur
> 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Michael Saldivar <mike.saldivar at advocatecreditrepair.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Arthur Franke <arthurjfranke at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> I'm trying to check for the presence of a particular process on a remove machine using NRPE and check_procs with a -a or -C argument.  I have defined on the remote machine's nrpe_local.cfg:
> 
> command[check_foo]=/usr/nagios/plugins/check_procs -c 1:1 -C foo
> 
> Running a similar command locally on that machine works fine:
> 
> $ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_procs -c 1:1 -C foo
> PROCS OK: 1 process with command name 'foo'
> 
> But when I try to run the command from the Nagios server, I get the following result:
> 
> $ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nrpe -H remote.host -c check_foo
> NRPE: Unable to read output
> 
> Whereas other monitored services work fine:
> $ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nrpe -H remote.host -c check_procs
> PROCS OK: 97 processes
> 
> 
>  Just to be certain, did you restart the nrpe daemon on remote.host after modifying its nrpe.cfg file?
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Mike Saldivar
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