Help: nrpe: Unknown option specified in config file

[John A. Martin]

>>>>> "Paul" == Paul L Allen
>>>>> "Re: Help: nrpe: Unknown option specified in config file"
>>>>>  Tue, 05 Apr 2005 21:10:12 +0100

    Paul> John A. Martin writes: Assuming that you cut and paste
    Paul> rather than typing it, then check this line very, very
    Paul> closely.

    >> command{check_mmqage]=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_mmqage.sh
    >> -w 300 -c

    Paul> See it yet?  If not, have another look.  And keep looking
    Paul> until you see the reason why nrpe was reporting that the
    Paul> command check_mmqage was not defined.

Many thanks.  I saw the opening brace only after trying to grep for
the whole line!  I had been looking for that for several days.  It
works now.  Time to change type fonts, or get younger eyes.

FWIW below is a cleaner copy of the plugin.

What is the recommended way to implement a timeout in shell?

,----[ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_mmqage.sh ]
#!/bin/sh

# Finds the age of the oldest Mailman queue file
# Intended for Mailman 2.1.x
# This nagios plugin come with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You may redistribute
# copies of the plugins under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
# "Copyright (c) 2005 John A. Martin"

# check_mmqfiles [-w <secs>] [-c <secs>] -t <timeoutsecs> -d <directory>

set -e

PATH=""

STAT="/usr/bin/stat"
DATE="/bin/date"

PROGNAME=`/usr/bin/basename $0`
PROGPATH=`echo $0 | /bin/sed -e 's,[\\/][^\\/][^\\/]*$,,'`
REVISION=`echo '$Revision: 0.0.1 $' | /bin/sed -e 's/[^0-9.]//g'`

#. $PROGPATH/utils.sh
STATE_OK=0
STATE_WARNING=1
STATE_CRITICAL=2
STATE_UNKNOWN=3
STATE_DEPENDENT=4

if test -x /usr/bin/printf; then
        ECHO=/usr/bin/printf
else
        ECHO=echo
fi

print_revision() {
        echo "$1 (nagios-plugins 1.4) $2"
        $ECHO "The nagios plugins come with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You may redistribute\ncopies of the plugins under the terms of the GNU General Public License.\n" | /bin/sed -e 's/\n/ /g'
}

support() {
        $ECHO "This plugin can be used with Nagios but is not part of Nagios and is not\ndistributed with Nagios.  This plugin has not been distributed to the public.\nIf you received this plugin directly from me and you have questions or\nsuggestions please mail me at <jam at jamux.com>.  Please include version\ninformation with all correspondence (when possible, use output from the\n--version option of the plugin itself).\n" | /bin/sed -e 's/\n/ /g'
}
# END wattered down boilerplate fron Nagios utils.sh

print_usage() {
echo "Usage:"
echo "  $PROGNAME  [-w <secs>] [-c <secs>] [-t <timeoutsecs>] -d <directory>"
echo "  $PROGNAME -h | --help"
echo "  $PROGNAME -v | --version"
echo
echo "  <secs> Age of the oldest queue file must not exceed this many seconds"
echo "  <tmeoutsecs> check_mmqfiles will abort after this many seconds"
echo "  <directory> the directory containing only sub-directories containing"
echo "    only queue files.  For Mailman 2.1.5 on Debian this is"
echo "    /var/lib/mailman/qfiles containing several subdirectories where"
echo "    the actual queue files live."
}

print_help() {
    print_revision $PROGNAME $REVISION
    echo ""
    print_usage
    echo ""
    echo "Mailman qfile age examiner plugin for Nagios"
    echo ""
    support
}

#defaults
warn=9999999999
crit=9999999999
timeout=10
topd=""

if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
    print_usage
    exit $STATE_UNKNOWN
fi

while test -n "$1"; do
    case "$1" in
	-d)
	    topd=$2
	    shift
	    ;;
	-w)
	    warn=$2
	    shift
	    ;;
	-c)
	    crit=$2
	    shift
	    ;;
	-t)
	    timeout=$2
	    shift
	    ;;
        --help)
            print_help
            exit $STATE_OK
            ;;
        -h)
            print_help
            exit $STATE_OK
            ;;
        --version)
            print_revision $PROGNAME $VERSION
            exit $STATE_OK
            ;;
        -V)
            print_revision $PROGNAME $VERSION
            exit $STATE_OK
            ;;
        *)
            echo "Unknown argument: $1"
            print_usage
            exit $STATE_UNKNOWN
            ;;
    esac
    shift
done

if [ ! -d $topd ]; then
    $ECHO "Directory check error: Directory $topd does not exist!\n"
    exit $STATE_UNKNOWN
elif [ ! -r $topd ] ; then
    $ECHO "Directory check error: Directory $topd is not readable!\n"
    exit $STATE_UNKNOWN
fi

subdir=""
declare -i count=0 old=9999999999 mtime

for d in $topd/*; do
    if [ -d $d ]; then
	for f in $d/*; do
	    if [ -f $f ]; then
		mtime=$($STAT -c %Y $f)
		((count++))
		if [ $old -gt $mtime ]; then
		    old=$mtime
		    subdir=$d
		fi
	    fi
	done
    fi
done

if [ $count -eq 0 ]; then
    $ECHO "OK - 0 queue files in $topd\n"
    exit $STATE_OK
fi

now=$($DATE +%s)
age=$((now-old))
queuename=${subdir##*/}
explain="- $count queue files, oldest $age secs old in the '$queuename' queue"

if [ $age -le $warn ]; then $ECHO "OK $explain\n"; exit $STATE_OK; fi
if [ $age -le $crit ]; then $ECHO "WARNING $explain\n"; exit $STATE_WARNING; fi
$ECHO "CRITICAL $explain\n"; exit $STATE_CRITICAL;
exit $STATE_UNKNOWN
`----

        jam

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