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Elizar M. Palad wrote:
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Hi all! Me again! :-)</div>
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<div>I just installed nrpe both on local nagios machine and</div>
<div>to the remote host.</div>
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<div>I get a "CHECK_NRPE: Received 0 bytes. Are we allowed to connect
to the host? "</div>
<div>with these definition:</div>
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<div>define service{<br>
use generic-service ; Name
of service template to use<br>
host_name 2 FTPTEST<br>
check_command check_nrpe!check_ftp
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}<br>
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<div>define command{<br>
command_name check_nrpe<br>
command_line /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H
$HOSTADDRESS$<br>
}<br>
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Here's your problem, you aren't passing the arguments to check_nrpe,
only the Hostname<br>
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The 'command_line' should read something like this:<br>
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command_line $USER1$/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p 5666 -t 30 -c
$ARG1$<br>
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The check "check_ftp" must also be defined in your NRPE config file
nrpe.cfg<br>
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If this does not make sense to you, then you need to read the manual on
how NRPE works<br>
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<blockquote cite="mida829e8ca05091416412549dc8e@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"><>Then i get: Socket timeout 10sec with this definition:</>
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<div>define service{<br>
use generic-service ; Name
of service template to use<br>
host_name 2 FTPTEST<br>
check_command check_nrpe!ftptest!21!check_ftp
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}<br>
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<div>define command{<br>
command_name check_nrpe<br>
command_line /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H $ARG1$
-p $ARG2$ -c $ARG3$<br>
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<p>could someone guide me on this one? Thanks in advance! </p>
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This looks better but you are still sending some incorrect arguments,
see above. You need to understand how the flags work such as -H and
how the ! separator works with $ARGx$ arguments.<br>
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rob.<br>
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