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[Larry Low]

/usr/bin/printf, /usr/bin/mail should be after the pipe

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Gregory Wong
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 3:34 PM
> To: Patrick Morris
> Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] No Email Notifications
> 
> In /usr/bin there is mail and printf. Should I be using /usr/bin/mail
> or
> /usr/bin/printf before the notification string?
> 
> 
> On 2/5/08 5:24 PM, "Patrick Morris" <patrick.morris at hp.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 05 Feb 2008, Gregory Wong wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Everyone,
> >>
> >> I am having some problems getting email notifications on a new
> Nagios server
> >> I just built. I have only setup PING and SMTP checks to see if
> everything is
> >> working properly. The Event Log on the web interface shows the
> following
> >> message:
> >>
> >> [02-05-2008 17:14:02] Warning: Attempting to execute the command
> >> "/usr/bin/mail/printf "%b" "***** Nagios 2.6 *****\n\nNotification
> Type:
> >> PROBLEM\nHost: SMTP\nState: DOWN\nAddress: <IP ADDRESS>\nInfo: PING
> CRITICAL
> >> - Packet loss = 100%\n\nDate/Time: Tue Feb 5 17:14:02 EST 2008\n" |
> -s "Host
> >> DOWN alert for SMTP!" <EMAIL ADDRESS>" resulted in a return code of
> 127. Make
> >> sure the script or binary you are trying to execute actually
> exists...
> >
> > Have you done what the error message suggests, and looked to see if
> > /usr/bin/mail/printf actually exists?
> >
> > Betchya it doesn't.
> 
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