check_nagios can't find running process

Subhendu Ghosh sghosh at sghosh.org
Wed Apr 2 23:36:25 CEST 2003


Could you post the the ps output to see whether 
"/usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios" matches ?

perhaps the -C arg needs to be modified to match the ps output.

-sg

On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Heather Barnes wrote:

> Thanks Lonny,
> 
> on Linux 2.4
> in /usr/local/nagios/libexec
> 
> $ sudo -u nagios ./check_nagios -F /usr/local/nagios/var/status.log -e 
> 10 -C /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios
> 
> Could not locate running Nagios process!
> 
> Which seems to match the format in my cgi.cfg
> 
> nagios_check_command=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nagios 
> /usr/local/nagios/var/status.log  10 '/usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios'
> 
> status.log is there and updating
> 
> ??
> -Heather
> 
> Lonny Selinger wrote:
> 
> >It *could* be the format of the string you are supplying to check_nagios. What does
> >your check command look like and what happens if you execute it from the command
> >line as nagios?
> >
> >--
> >Lonny
> >
> >  
> >
> >>I am unable to use external web commands due to a check_nagios returning  a "can't
> >>find running process" error.
> >>I have confirmed nagios is indeed running and
> >> /usr/local/nagios/var/status.log exists, is being updated, and the
> >>directories have the proper permissions.
> >>
> >>I have also straced check_nagios and do not get any errors when it opens  and
> >>reads /usr/local/nagios/var/status.log.
> >>
> >>Does anyone have any ideas on why check_nagios is returning this error?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Heather
> >>
> >>

-- 

-sg



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