checking unix load/disk space

[bru1n at comcast.net]

Excellent point.

Google "passwordless ssh" for a plethora of how-to docs for generating a public  key, and using it to run commands without the "password prompt", which is how the plugins work. with check_by_ssh. The emphasis, and intent here is that you are only setting this for the nagios account, and not as a global option.

Remember, the authorized_keys is only located in ~/.ssh of the remote host, and is not required on the nagios monitor server.
-Marc


> just wanted to clarify to the original poster that Marc probably didn't 
> mean by passwordless ssh that you should create a user with no password. 
>   That would be bad.  Instead you should use SSH keys to do passwordless 
> ssh but still maintain some level of security.  Also don't forget to 
> first SSH into the remote box so you can enter 'yes' to accepting the 
> DSA fingerprint.
> 
>   - Justin Kulikowski
> 	[ http://www.jpk236.com ]


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