Notify-by-email on Solaris 8 doesn't populate the subject

Matt Pounsett matt.pounsett at cira.ca
Mon Mar 29 22:53:55 CEST 2004


On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Narayanasamy, Sundar wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Whenever I get a warning or error notification from my Nagios installation on my Solaris box, it comes with empty subject line. How do I fix it?
> 
> This is what I have
> 
> # 'notify-by-email' command definition
> define command{
>         command_name    notify-by-email
>         command_line    /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios  *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: $SERVIC
> EDESC$\nHost: $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $DATETIME$\n\nAdditional Info:\n\n$OUTP
> UT$" | /usr/bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ alert - $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$
>         }
> 
> Any help is appreciated.

To get standard "mail" behavior on Solaris, use "mailx".

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