Oops..SNMP :: Not SMTP Shows Critical but checks OK

Subhendu Ghosh sghosh at sghosh.org
Mon Nov 4 20:16:18 CET 2002


if you run the snmpget comand dirrectly - does it report any MIB errors?  
if so that is giving you your WARNING.

On the cmdline try check_snmp -v ...

-sg


On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Jamin wrote:

> Ugh, I hate it when I do that...
> SNMP.
> 
> Sorry all.
> Its monday and I have not had my coffee.  
> Right now I guess I am about as sharp as a wet mouse.
> 
> 
> Anyway, my snmp is giving a WARNING in Nagios, but when the plug is run by 
> hand, everything is OK.   If you have any suggestions on how to track this 
> bug, please let me know.
> 
> -Jamin
> 
> On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Subhendu Ghosh wrote:
> 
> > 
> > SNMP or SMTP ?
> > 
> > On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Jamin wrote:
> > 
> > > my version of check_snmp is:
> > > check_snmp (nagios-plugins 1.3.0-alpha1) 1.1.1.1 
> > > 
> > > almost the same problem. (I get a Warning instead of Critical.)
> > > My return code when run by hand is 0 (zero) and I also get a SMTP OK.
> > > 
> > > weird.  why would nagios interpret it as something else?  
> > > 
> > > On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Subhendu Ghosh wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > what version of check_smtp and what mail server ?
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Shawn Rose wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Check_SMTP plugin.. Testing returns OK  <SMTP OK - 0 second response
> > > > > time>
> > > > > But it still flags it as CRITICAL
> > > > >  
> > > > >  
> > > > > I saw this question posted in the archives but I didn't see a
> > > > > resolution.
> > > > >  
> > > > > Any suggestions?
> > > > >  
> > > > > # Service definition
> > > > > define service{
> > > > >         use                             generic-service         ; Name
> > > > > of service template to use
> > > > >  
> > > > >         host_name                       White,Blue
> > > > >         service_description             SMTP
> > > > >         is_volatile                     0
> > > > >         check_period                    24x7
> > > > >         max_check_attempts              3
> > > > >         normal_check_interval           3
> > > > >         retry_check_interval            1
> > > > >         contact_groups                  nt-admins
> > > > >         notification_interval           120
> > > > >         notification_period             24x7
> > > > >         notification_options            w,u,c,r
> > > > >         check_command                   check_smtp
> > > > >         }
> > > > >  
> > > > >  
> > > > > Shawn
> > > > >  
> > > > > 
> > > > 
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