About check_by_ssh

[Carlos Albornoz]

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Alex Griffin <agriffin at nagios.com> wrote:
> check_by_ssh doesn't check the hostname using ssh's config. Perhaps it
> should, but looking through the source it looks like the error is coming
> from this function, which is actually a common function amongst several
> nagios plugins (located in netutils.h):
>
>     void
>     host_or_die(const char *str)
>     {
>         if(!str || (!is_addr(str) && !is_hostname(str)))
>             usage_va(_("Invalid hostname/address - %s"), str);
>     }
>
> Since it doesn't look like your machine is accessible outside of a local
> network, you could set up a proper proxy or vpn or something within the
> network with a public hostname. Then use check_by_ssh with the local IP,
> e.g. 192.168.0.2
>
> Alex Griffin
> ---
> Tech Team
> agriffin at nagios.com
>

OK, Thanks for the info Alex.

-- 
Carlos Albornoz C.
Linux User #360502
Fono: 97864420

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