Running Perl scripts and ssh with nagios

[Harper Mann]

Another trick is to put "/bin/echo" in front of the command in
checkcommands.cfg. This gives the correct line you can cut and paste into
the command line.  You see if from Service Detail.  

Sometimes the macros or other args aren't as expected.

- Harper

Harper Mann
Groundwork Open Source Solutions
510-599-2075 (cell)
http://itgroundwork.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Edward Smith
> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 3:17 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Running Perl scripts and ssh with nagios
> 
> I am running it from the command line as the nagios user.  The target host
> has a nagios user on it as well and the accounts are RSA keyed so no
> password is required.
> 
> 
> ------------------------
> Edward Smith
> Systems Application Engineer
> Demandtec, Inc
> esmith at demandtec.com
> 650-226-4609
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harper Mann [mailto:hmann at itgroundwork.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 3:13 PM
> To: Ed Smith; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Running Perl scripts and ssh with nagios
> 
> 
> Hi Edward,
> 
> Did you try running the script as the "nagios" user?  Are you specifying a
> user on the target system and is there a "nagios" user on that host?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> - Harper
> 
> Harper Mann
> Groundwork Open Source Solutions
> 510-599-2075 (cell)
> http://itgroundwork.com
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> > admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Edward Smith
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 3:07 PM
> > To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: [Nagios-users] Running Perl scripts and ssh with nagios
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am using a custom perl script that uses nagios to ssh into a host and
> > run a script, much the same way that check_ssh works.  However, we
> cannot
> > use check_ssh for other reasons.   Here is the problem, whenever we run
> > the script from the command line as the nagios user it works fine.
> >
> > However, when we use it in nagios, via the checkcommands.cfg file, it
> > fails.  Is there something about the way nagios executes commands that
> > would differ from the command line?  I am using the same arguments, and
> > the script is dying when it tries to open the ssh connection, yet no
> > errors in the ssh logs, or  nagios logs for that matter.
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Edward Smith
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------
> > Edward Smith
> > Systems Application Engineer
> > Demandtec, Inc
> > esmith at demandtec.com
> > 650-226-4609
> >
> >
> >
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