<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C39266.D8CE15D0"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="time"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="date"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:36.0pt'> <div class=Section1> <o:p> </o:p> Hi,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Can you run the command from the command line ?<o:p></o:p> Ex : <o:p></o:p> On my redhat it’s for example <o:p></o:p> $ /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ping –H ip.of.dst.host –w 100.0,80% -c 200.0,100% -p 2<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> if it return any status, that means the command is working<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> regards<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> alexis <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> -----Original Message----- From: grik@student.no [mailto:grik@student.no] Sent: <st1:date Month="10" Day="14" Year="2003">14 October 2003</st1:date> <st1:time Hour="13" Minute="45">13:45</st1:time> To: Matthew Wilson Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Problems with check_alive <o:p> </o:p> <o:p></o:p> I cant find any called command.cfg but one called checkcommands.cfg<o:p></o:p> I cant really find any pointer to what command nagios really does, but here is what I found in checkcommands.cfg<o:p></o:p> # 'check-host-alive' command definition define command{ command_name check-host-alive command_line $USER1$/check_ping -H $HOSTADRESS -w 3000. 0, 80% -c 5000. 0, 100% -p 1 }<o:p></o:p> So I am not sure where I can find the command that nagios really is running. I should mention that I havent installed any plugins or add-on's yet, this is right from distributed .tar.gz<o:p></o:p> Maybe I am missing something ? The check_ping definition in checkcommands.cfg looks like this:<o:p></o:p> # 'check_ping' command definition define command{ command_name check_ping command_line $USER1$/check_ping -H $HOSTADRESS -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ -p 5<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Mvh<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Kjell Grindalen<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> ----- Original Message -----<o:p></o:p> From: Matthew Wilson <matthewwilson@dsl.pipex.com> <o:p></o:p> Date: <st1:date Month="10" Day="14" Year="2003">Tuesday, October 14, 2003</st1:date> <st1:time Hour="14" Minute="22">2:22 pm</st1:time> <o:p></o:p> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Problems with check_alive <o:p></o:p> > Hi, > Have a look at you commands.cfg and check the command definiton for > check_ping / check_host_alive and try running it from the command > line. > If it doesn't work, post the full command definition and we can > take a > look. > > Matthew Wilson > DC-Sat.net > > On Tue, 2003-10-14 at <st1:time Hour="12" Minute="42">12:42</st1:time>, grik@student.no wrote: > > Hello! > > > > > > > > I have a small problem with the check alive standard check service > > > > > > > > In my nagios.log I get the following: > > > > SERVICE ALERT: hostname; <st1:place>PING</st1:place>;WARNING;HARD;3; (No output!) > > > > For all the hosts > > > > I searched a little, but couldnt find anything matching my problem. > > > > The nagios server is running on a Solaris 9 server, and I have 6 > other> Solaris servers that I am watching with Nagios. I was > thinking that > > this had something to do with statistics about the icmp packet and > > tried to add a -v to the check-host-alive command like this: > > $USER1/check_ping -v -H $HOSTNAME -w etc... > > This didnt help, so maybe it has nothing to do with the Solaris > > implementation of ping..? > > > > > > Any advice for a newbie at Nagios ? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net > > email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net > hosts> over 70,000 Open Source Projects. 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