R: Send SMS in Linux

[Stefano Coletta]

Marco Borsani wrote:

>Thanks a lot!
>
>I am testing communication between radiomodem and smstools (but not on the
>nagios server), and looks like good.
>I have installed smstools on the nagios server, so I need to send directly
>SMS trought this server.
>
>I have to finish all tests without the radiomem connected (it is broken).
>Do you think that command like follow could be ok? 
>
>define command{
>        command_name    notify-by-sms
>        command_line    /usr/local/bin/sendsms $CONTACTPAGER$ "Service:
>$SERVICEDESC$\nHost: $HOSTALIAS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$.\n$OUTPUT$\nDate:
>$SHORTDATETIME$"
>        }
>  
>
Yes, you can use this command but the sendnagiossms script is useful to
strip a bit the sms message text, like ping with a lot of zeros.
Maybe you can create a new script to satisfy your needs retaining the
old "stripping" functionality.

>I hope to use sendsms command directly (without a file like sendnagiossms).
>
>I like sendsms very much (if it will work like I hope!), so I'd like to
>install/compile on HP-UX too, but I receive an error like:
>---------------------------------------------------------
>gmake install
>cd src && gmake - 
>gmake[1]: Entering directory `/var/DEPOT/smstools-1/src'
>cc -D NOSTATS   -c -o extras.o extras.c
>(Bundled) cc: "extras.h", line 21: warning 5: "const" will become a keyword.
>(Bundled) cc: "extras.h", line 21: error 1000: Unexpected symbol: "char".
>(Bundled) cc: "extras.h", line 21: warning 5: "const" will become a keyword.
>(Bundled) cc: "extras.h", line 21: warning 5: "const" will become a keyword.
>(Bundled) cc: "extras.h", line 21: warning 5: "const" will become a keyword.
>(Bundled) cc: error 2017: Cannot recover from earlier errors, terminating.
>gmake[1]: *** [extras.o] Error 1
>gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/var/DEPOT/smstools-1/src'
>gmake: *** [compile] Error 2
>-----------------------------------------------------------
>When I compile Nagios with gmake I have no problems!
>  
>
I can't help you compiling on HP-UX, I've no HP-UX here :)

Bye!



>Regards
>Marco
>
>
>-}-----Messaggio originale-----
>-}Da: Stefano Coletta [mailto:creator at mindcreations.com] 
>-}Inviato: giovedì 24 novembre 2005 17.18
>-}A: Marco Borsani
>-}Cc: NAGIOS
>-}Oggetto: Re: [Nagios-users] Send SMS in Linux
>-}
>-}Use the SMS Server Tools
>-}http://smstools.meinemullemaus.de/
>-}
>-}Add this to the misccommands.cfg
>-}
>-}define command {
>-}command_name                   notify-by-sms
>-}command_line                   /bin/echo "/usr/local/bin/sendnagiossms
>-}$CONTACTPAGER$ \"$NOTIFICATIONTYPE$: Service $SERVICEDESC$ on 
>-}$HOSTALIAS$ is $SERVICESTATE$ ($OUTPUT$) - °$DATETIME$\"" | 
>-}ssh yourhost }
>-}
>-}Replace yourhost with your SMS host where you have to install 
>-}SMS Server tools.
>-}Note: $CONTACTPAGER has to include country prefix number.
>-}
>-}Establish an ssh key trust between nagios user on the nagios 
>-}host and the relative user on the sms server so it will not 
>-}ask for a password.
>-}
>-}Then add the command /usr/local/bin/sendnagiossms on the SMS server:
>-}
>-}#!/bin/sh
>-}OLD_MSG_NODATE=`echo $2 | cut -d° -f 1`
>-}OLD_DATE=`echo $2 | cut -d° -f 2`
>-}NEW_DATE=`date -d "$OLD_DATE" +"%e-%b %H:%M"`
>-}
>-}TEXT="$OLD_MSG_NODATE$NEW_DATE"
>-}STRIPPED_TEXT=`echo $TEXT | sed -f /usr/local/bin/sendnagiossms.sed`
>-}
>-}/usr/local/bin/sendsms $1 "$STRIPPED_TEXT"
>-}
>-}and the file for sed /usr/local/bin/sendnagiossms.sed
>-}
>-}s/000000/0/g
>-}s/00000/0/g
>-}s/°//g
>-}
>-}Once you have tested that SMS Server tools is properly 
>-}installed try configuring Nagios to send sms using this 
>-}command instead of notify-by-email
>-}
>-}Enjoy
>-}
>-}Marco Borsani wrote:
>-}
>-}>I all !
>-}>
>-}>I should configure Nagios (on a RedHat Ent 3.0) to send SMS, using a 
>-}>radiomoden connected on a serial port.
>-}>
>-}>May someone give me an help ?
>-}>
>-}>I suppose that a script/programm is necessary to this 
>-}porpuse, is it true?
>-}>
>-}>How do you send SMS from Nagios?
>-}>
>-}>Thanks a lot.
>-}>
>-}>Marco
>-}>
>-}>
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>
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>


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