all notifications failing

[Morris, Patrick]

Scott, Ewan wrote:
>
> Hi
>
>  
>
> All my notifications are failing - no emails are being generated. Can 
> someone confirm that it is the *nagios* user which sends the emails 
> and not *root*. If this is the case then I seem to have created a file 
> permissions problem on the system somehow and the nagios user cannot 
> send mail. (This used to work until I installed *php5-cli* and ran a 
> *notifications* script I picked up on exchange.nagios.org). 
>
Mail will be sent as the user Nagios runs under.
>
>  Although it is not really a nagios issue if anyone knows what the 
> temporary file is that it is trying to open - see below - please let 
> me know. (The same issue occurs for other non-root users sending mail).
>
>  
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ewan
>
>  
>
> # id
>
> uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
>
> # /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios *****\nNotification " | 
> /usr/bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ Service Alert:  
> $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **" ewscott at scotborders.gov.uk
>
> # ### This has sent mail successfully.
>
> #
>
> # su - nagios
>
> $ /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios *****\nNotification " | 
> /usr/bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ Service Alert:  
> $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **" ewscott at scotborders.gov.uk
>
> mail: Cannot open temporary file: Permission denied
>
> Cannot open temporary file
>

Sounds like permissions on your temporary directory (most likely /tmp or 
/var/tmp) are screwed up, or you've got a full disk.

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