Nagios specific scripts and/or binaries

[Arno Lehmann]

Hi,

On 3/24/2006 7:11 PM, George Rushby wrote:
...
> I get the following error in the nagios.log file
> 
>  
> 
> [1143218696] SERVICE NOTIFICATION: george;test-server;Current 
> Users;WARNING;notify-by-sms;USERS WARNING - 1 users currently logged in
> 
> [1143218696] Warning: Attempting to execute the command "/usr/bin/printf 
> "***** Nagios  *****\n\nNotification Type: PROBLEM\n\nService: Current 
> Users\nHost: test-server\nIP: 10.0.0.200\nState: WARNING\nDate/Time: Fri 
> Mar 24 18:44:56 SAST 2006\n\nAdditional Info:\n\nUSERS WARNING - 1 users 
> currently logged in" | pipesend" resulted in a return code of 127.  Make 
> sure the script or binary you are trying to execute actually exists...
> 
...
> If I remove the ‘pipesend’ and replace it with ‘mail’ and execute it via 
> Nagios it works.
> 
>  
> 
> So the question is, does Nagios only work with special scripts and/or 
> binaries?
> 

PATH or permissions.

I'm quite sure that your script either can not be found in Nagios' 
search path, or that Nagios can't run it due to missing permissions.

You should keep in mind that all test work should be done as the user 
Nagios runs as.

Arno

> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> George
> 
> 
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