Executing custom/misc commands problem

Pascal Miquet p.miquet at hafiba.fr
Mon Jan 13 19:47:33 CET 2003


I would suggest to check if the execution of the nagios user is allowed.
Also take a look if the nfs file is exported ?

Regards
P.Miquet

Le sam 11/01/2003 à 19:48, Jamin a écrit :
> Hello fellow nagios users, 
> 	I'm trying to integrate nagios into our paging and problem 
> management software right now but am having problems getting nagios to 
> execute the perl script that initiates the pages and tickets.
> 
> In the etc/misccommands.cfg file I am trying to do something similar to 
> the notify-by-epager command but instead of using printf and mail, I am 
> trying to execute the command which contacts the problem management 
> software.
> 
> Here is a simplified command where the 'hello' part is actually the second 
> argument which describes the problem.
> 
> # Test 'host-notify-by-CIRTpager' command definition
> define command{
>         command_name    host-notify-by-CIRTpager
>         command_line    /nfs/e1/oper/PAGER/scauto/linuxevprob.pl HostDown hello
>         }
> 
> I added some lines in the perl file which appends the 2nd argument to a
> file in /tmp, just so I know if the file is being executed, but
> apparently, it is never executed by nagios because the file is empty.
> 
> The permissions on the file are good, and it executes normally when done 
> by hand.  It just seems to not work in nagios.  I checked the notification 
> history, and nagios seems to think it was executed, but there is never 
> anything in the /tmp file when nagios tries to run the command.
> 
> Anyone have any suggestions?  I would appreciate any help.
> Thanks,
> -Jamin Ragle
> SA for CIRT
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