Problem with check_mailq script and nrpe

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Johnny Stork
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 2:26 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Problem with check_mailq script and nrpe
> 
> 
> I have s strange problem where I can run the following command on
SERVER2
> (192.168.101.12)
> 
> ./check_mailq -w 1 -c 5
> WARNING: mailq is 1 (threshold w = 1)|unsent=1;1;5;0
> 
> Which correctly shows 1 message in ther sendmail que.
> 
> SERVER2 is running NRPE with the following nrpe.cfg entry...
> 
> command[check_mailq]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_mailq -w 2 -c 5
> 
> Nagios is actually running on SERVER4 (192.168.101.14). Below is the
> command I run and its output from SERVER4, the Nagios Server.
> 
> ./check_nrpe -H 192.168.101.12 -c check_mailq
> OK: mailq is empty|unsent=0;2;5;0
> 
> Which does not coincide with the output of check_mailq run directly on
> SERVER2?

Were you performing your tests on SERVER2 as the user that NRPE is
running as or as root? I'm almost certain that the mailqueue is not
readable by non-root users with a default install, especially with a
possibly SELinux enabled OS.

--
Marc


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