Service Check Timed Out Error

[Kaplan, Andrew H.]

> If i understand correctly, u ran the plugin su'ed to the nagios user and
> the command completed successfully?

That is correct. 

> If that's the case, then please check if the xinetd daemon is running
> and what the setting for nagios-nrpe are for xinetd.

As far as the client is concerned, nrpe is not being run via xinetd, it is being
run as a standalone daemon. This is command syntax that is used for 
running the daemon:

/usr/local/nagios/bin/nrpe -c /usr/local/nagios/etc/nrpe.cfg -d 

The user account running the daemon is nagios. This account has its own 
home directory, password, and uses the /bin/bash shell. 

As far as the server is concerned, nrpe is not present in xinetd, but does have
a startup script in the /etc/init.d directory. It is currently not turned on,
but it can be if so needed. 

> What's your NRPE version on the server and the client machine?

The version of NRPE on the server is 2.5.1, and this is the package that came
bundled with the operating system which is Fedora Core 5.
The version of NRPE on the client is also 2.5.1. The difference between that on
the server and client is that the client was compiled from source. Also, even
though the client version is 2.5.1, according to the tar file that I downloaded
from the Nagios website, the version is supposedly 2.5.2. 


-----Original Message-----
From: David Gerbec [mailto:david.gerbec at agenda.si] 
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 9:30 AM
To: Kaplan, Andrew H.
Cc: Andy Shellam (Mailing Lists); Nagios Users mailinglist
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Service Check Timed Out Error


Hi!

Kaplan, Andrew H. pravi:
> I ran the chsh command to change the nologin shell for the nagios user to
> /bin/bash, and also provided a password for the nagios account. After that, 
> I ran the check_nrpe command again from the command line, ie: manually, and
was
> able to get a response back from the nrpe client. 

If i understand correctly, u ran the plugin su'ed to the nagios user and
the command completed successfully?

If that's the case, then please check if the xinetd daemon is running
and what the setting for nagios-nrpe are for xinetd.

What's your NRPE version on the server and the client machine?

I'm still sure, u got premission problems :o).




Regards,
D.

> 
> Listed below are posts that were requested from a previous e-mail:
> 
> 1. The output of "check_nrpe -H <nrpe_client> -c <remote_command>" run 
> as the Nagios user:
> 		DISK OK [50534480 kb (99%) free on cosmos2:/database 
> 
> 2. The Nagios command definition for your check_nrpe command:
> # 'check_nrpe' command definition
> define command{
> 	command_name	check_nrpe
> 	command_line	$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -t 60 -c $ARG1$
> 
> 3. A Nagios service definition that uses the check_nrpe service on the 
> relevant host:
> command[check_disk1]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_disk -w 20% -c 10% -p
> /cosmos2/database
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Andy Shellam
> (Mailing Lists)
> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 8:58 AM
> To: Kaplan, Andrew H.
> Cc: Nagios Users mailinglist
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Service Check Timed Out Error
> 
> Kaplan, Andrew H. wrote:
>> I configured the ip tables on both the nagios server and the nrpe client to
>> allow all inbound and outbound traffic. Additionally, I made sure the
>> /etc/services file on both systems had port 5666 open to tcp and udp traffic.

>>
>> I was able to telnet to port 5666 on the nrpe client, but I was still getting
> a
>> connection refused for the same port on the server. 
>>   
> You won't be able to telnet back from the client to the server unless 
> you're also running nrpe on the server.
> As long as you can telnet server to client on that port, you're fine.
> 
> Also nrpe uses TCP only (I believe.)
>> I verified also, that the network speed, ie: half vs. full duplex, was the
> same
>> for both systems. The speed here is 100 half duplex no autonegotiation. 
>>
>> I repeatedly ran the check_nrpe command manually and did get output back
every
>> time. Why am I able to run the command manually, but not automatically? 
>>   
> Like David says, try su'ing to the Nagios user and running the command 
> manually.
> 
> If all else fails, please post back the following:
> 
> 
> 2. The Nagios command definition for your check_nrpe command
> 3. A Nagios service definition that uses the check_nrpe service on the 
> relevant host
> 
> Andy.
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