Problems checking external host

[James Pratt]

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ReynierPM [mailto:rperezm at uci.cu]
>> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 10:04 AM
>> To: James Pratt
>> Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Problems checking external host
>> 
>> James Pratt wrote:
>> >
>> > Here's a tutorial I found on setting this up -
>> >
>> >
http://www.zdnetasia.com/techguide/opensource/0,39044899,62052006,00.htm
>> >
>> 
>> Thanks for the tutorial it really help me a lot but I need to ask
some
>> dummie or newbie :( question: if I'm logged in as root, how I can
create
>> the ssh-key for nagios from root command line?

No problem - As root, just run:

su - nagios -c "ssh nagios at remotebox.com" (replace your target hostname
here, or use IP)

let it connect and accept the key, then do the same on the target box in
reverse, so that both sides have the key in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
files.

Hth -

cheers,
James

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