sendmail logs

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Maurizio Santini
> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 10:34 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] sendmail logs
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have the following question:  I have used the option "Disable
> notifications for all services on this host" and the host itself for
all
> services/hosts monitored by Nagios.  Now if I look at sendmail's logs
> there are entries like "did not issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during
> connection to MTA" every 2-3 mins.  I know that is nagios because if I
> stop it I don't get those entries in the maillog anymore.
> 
> Does anyone know why Nagios is "checking" if sendmail is alive and how
> to prevent Nagios from doing that?

You must have nagios checking the SMTP service on that machine.
Disabling notifications for a host or service does not disable checks
and only prevents email notifications for problem hosts and services
going out. Use "Disable checks of all services on this host" or for a
specific service, "Disable checks of this service" to stop the checks
themselves. If you want to permanently stop the check, remove the
service definition from your config files.

--
Marc


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