Socket timeout issue

[Andy Shellam]

It might be on the check_nrpe side - as the default timeout for all 
standard plugins is 10 seconds.

command_timeout on the NRPE config side is how long NRPE waits for a 
command to execute and return it's output before killing it off.

Try adding "-t 60" to the command_line of your check_nrpe check in Nagios.

Andy.

Jesús Arnáiz wrote:
> I think I have some similar problem. I use nrpe as a daemon:
> /usr/local/bin/nrpe -d -c /usr/local/etc/nrpe.cfg
>
> My cfg says:
> command_timeout=60
> connection_timeout=300
>
> But I see the "Socket timeout after 10 seconds" error. I thought it 
> should wait 60 for the command and 300 for the connection. What is wrong?
>
> Thanks for your help
>
>
>
>
> Hari Sekhon escribió:
>   
>> you'll likely have to apt-get install xinetd which will uninstall inetd, 
>> so you should probably check if you have any services running through 
>> that (or any backdoors running through that ;-) )
>>
>> if you do, you can convert the inetd config to xinetd with the itox command.
>>
>> -h
>>
>> Hari Sekhon
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul Roberts wrote:
>>     
>>> HI Hari,
>>>  
>>> I looked at that but I can't see the xinetd folder on Debian, should 
>>> it be there by default?
>>>  
>>> Paul.
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> *From:* Hari Sekhon [mailto:hpsekhon at googlemail.com]
>>> *Sent:* 05 April 2007 15:03
>>> *To:* Paul Roberts
>>> *Cc:* Nagios Users mailinglist
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Nagios-users] Socket timeout issue
>>>
>>> if you are running it through xinetd like you are supposed to then 
>>> there is a log entry created on the system like so
>>>
>>>  xinetd[673]: START: nrpe pid=27671 from........
>>>
>>> -h
>>> Hari Sekhon
>>>   
>>>
>>>
>>> Paul Roberts wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Sorry I don't want it to work locally just wanted to see if it ran
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> *From:* Hari Sekhon [mailto:hpsekhon at googlemail.com]
>>>> *Sent:* 05 April 2007 14:58
>>>> *To:* Paul Roberts
>>>> *Cc:* Nagios Users mailinglist
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [Nagios-users] Socket timeout issue
>>>>
>>>> how do you mean if nrpe will work locally?
>>>>
>>>> if you want to use nrpe on the local machine you can just give it the 
>>>> hostname or the ip address (but you can't use "localhost" as it will 
>>>> fail in the SSL handshake)
>>>>
>>>> -h
>>>> Hari Sekhon
>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Paul Roberts wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> Command line I just wanted to see if nrpe would work locally 
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Hari Sekhon [mailto:hpsekhon at googlemail.com] 
>>>>> Sent: 05 April 2007 14:37
>>>>> To: Paul Roberts
>>>>> Cc: Nagios Users mailinglist
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Socket timeout issue
>>>>>
>>>>> aren't you missing a -c before check_disk?
>>>>>
>>>>> typo on command line or typo in email?
>>>>>
>>>>> -h
>>>>>
>>>>> Hari Sekhon
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul Roberts wrote:
>>>>>   
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can someone help out with my CHECK_NRPE: Socket timeout after 10 
>>>>>> seconds issue.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have Nagios running on a Debian server, runs tests to Windows Boxes OK.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am attempting to do remote checks of an Debian server.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can telnet on port 5666 to the remote server, netstat -l reports: 
>>>>>> tcp        0      0 *:nrpe                  *:*                     LISTEN
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can run this check on the remote server:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H 10.0.10.200 -p 5666 -t 30 
>>>>>> check_disk # NRPE v2.0
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What information/configurations files do you need from me?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> Paul Roberts.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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