unexpected host status on central server

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>
> Your check command on cs is probably generating output to STDERR. Did
> you perform your command line test as the nagios user? Try adding '2>&1'
> to the end of your command definition ala
>
> command_line    $USER1$/check_fping $HOSTADDRESS$ -n 1 -w5000.0 100
> -c5000.0 100 2>&1
>
> Are you using check_fping or is it a home-brew plugin?
>
> --
> Marc

I'm using the check_fping plugin.  Your tip to run it as the "nagios"
user lead me in the right direction.

As root, the command completed as expected on the command line, but
when run as the nagios user, it gave the same message I was seeing in
the web interface.  Here's how it went:

root at nag4:/ # /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_fping -H 127.0.0.1 -n 1
-w 2000,50% -c 5000,80%
FPING OK - 127.0.0.1 (loss=0%, rta=0.040000 ms)|loss=0%;50;80;0;100
rta=0.000040s;2.000000;5.000000;0.000000
root at nag4:/ # su - nagios
-bash-3.00$ /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_fping -H 127.0.0.1 -n 1 -w
2000,50% -c 5000,80%
FPING WARNING - 127.0.0.1
-bash-3.00$ /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_fping -H 127.0.0.1 -n 1 -w
2000,50% -c 5000,80% -v
/usr/sbin/fping -b 56 -c 1 127.0.0.1
This program can only be run by root, or it must be setuid root.
FPING WARNING - 127.0.0.1
-bash-3.00$ logout
root at nag4:/ # chmod u+s /usr/sbin/fping
root at nag4:/ # su - nagios
-bash-3.00$ /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_fping -H 127.0.0.1 -n 1 -w
2000,50% -c 5000,80%
FPING OK - 127.0.0.1 (loss=0%, rta=0.040000 ms)|loss=0%;50;80;0;100
rta=0.000040s;2.000000;5.000000;0.000000


Thanks for the help!


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