Ok. I can answer more thoroughly when I get to work Monday and can look at my config files there, but this may help for now... First, unless you have a specific need for it, I would disallow "nasty metacharacters." They can, indeed, be nasty. :) Second, for the space in "Program Files", put quotes around the entire path and filename. I believe you should use doublequotes, but I'm not sure. I will check this on Monday. Try: ../libexec/check_nrpe -H catorsv03 -c check_exchangeDB -a MaxWarn=15G MaxCrit=16G File="d:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\priv1.stm" File="d:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\priv1.edb" Third, you should probably comment out everything in the NSClient section of the config file unless you are using check_nt. Again, I'll post more tomorrow after trying a few things myself in my test environment at work. Shawn Kovalchick <div>On 4/22/06, Toto Capuccino <<a href="mailto:shoktai@gmail.com">shoktai@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div style="direction: ltr;">Hi Shawn, On the first hand i get errors related to ncsclient itself : The error on the monitored host is : Event Source: NRPE_NT Description: NRPE_NT: Error: Request contained illegal metachars! The error on NSC.log is 2006-04-22 12:35:59: error:../../include\Socket.h:443: bind failed: 10048 When i look to netstat i get (i kept the most relevant lines): TCP <a href="http://0.0.0.0:5666" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 0.0.0.0:5666 </a> <a href="http://0.0.0.0:0" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">0.0.0.0:0</a> LISTENING 6896 [NRPE_NT.exe] TCP <a href="http://0.0.0.0:12489" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">0.0.0.0:12489</a> <a href="http://0.0.0.0:0" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 0.0.0.0:0</a> LISTENING 14168 [NSClient++.exe] TCP <a href="http://0.0.0.0:1248" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">0.0.0.0:1248</a> <a href="http://0.0.0.0:0" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 0.0.0.0:0</a> LISTENING 1052 [pNSClient.exe] So i have NRPE_NT and nsclient (not ++) installed, is there's a conflict with nsclient++ ? On the second hand i get errors related to the check_command: The error on the monitored host is : Event Source: NRPE_NT Description: NRPE_NT: Error: Request contained illegal metachars! When i try nsclient++ /test, the first error i notice is that it doesnt handle the space in the path of the files ( Program Files) --> File=d:\Program</div><div style="direction: ltr;"> Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\priv1 <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">.stm File=d:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\priv1.edb</blockquote></div><div style="direction: ltr;"> <div> I tried both 'Program Files' and "Program Files" but it doesnt work. </div> From the command line on the nagios server i try like this : ../libexec/check_nrpe -H catorsv03 -c check_exchangeDB -a MaxWarn=15G MaxCrit=16G File=d:\'Program Files'\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\priv1.stm File=d:\'Program Files'\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\priv1.edb' CHECK_NRPE: Received 0 bytes from daemon. Check the remote server logs for error messages. Here is the NSC.ini file : [modules] ;# NSCLIENT++ MODULES ;# A list with DLLs to load at startup. ; You will need to enable some of these for NSClient++ to work. ; ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ; * * ; * N O T I C E ! ! ! - Y O U H A V E T O E D I T T H I S * ; * * ; ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! FileLogger.dll ;CheckSystem.dll CheckDisk.dll NSClientListener.dll NRPEListener.dll ;SysTray.dll ;CheckEventLog.dll ;CheckHelpers.dll ; ; CheckWMI IS AN EXTREM EARLY IDEA SO DONT USE FOR PRODUCTION ENVIROMNEMTS! ;CheckWMI.dll ; ; RemoteConfiguration IS AN EXTREM EARLY IDEA SO DONT USE FOR PRODUCTION ENVIROMNEMTS! ;RemoteConfiguration.dll [Settings] ;# OBFUSCATED PASSWORD ; This is the same as the password option but here you can store the password in an obfuscated manner. ; *NOTICE* obfuscation is *NOT* the same as encryption, someone with access to this file can still figure out the ; password. Its just a bit harder to do it at first glance. ;obfuscated_password=Jw0KAUUdXlAAUwASDAAB ; ;# PASSWORD ; This is the password (-s) that is required to access NSClient remotely. If you leave this blank everyone will be able to access the daemon remotly. ;password=martin ; ;# ALLOWED HOST ADDRESSES ; This is a comma-delimited list of IP address of hosts that are allowed to talk to the all daemons. ; If leave this blank anyone can access the deamon remotly (NSClient still requires a valid password). allowed_hosts=<a href="http://10.1.1.13" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">10.1.1.13</a> ; ;# USE THIS FILE ; Use the INI file as opposed to the registry if this is 0 and the use_reg in the registry is set to 1 ; the registry will be used instead. use_file=1 [log] ;# LOG DEBUG ; Set to 1 if you want debug message printed in the log file (debug messages are always printed to stdout when run with -test) debug=1 ; ;# LOG FILE ; The file to print log statements to file=c:\nsclient-plus-plus\NSC.log ; ;# LOG DATE MASK ; The format to for the date/time part of the log entry written to file. ;date_mask=%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S [NSClient] ;# ALLOWED HOST ADDRESSES ; This is a comma-delimited list of IP address of hosts that are allowed to talk to NSClient deamon. ; If you leave this blank the global version will be used instead. allowed_hosts=<a href="http://10.1.1.13" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 10.1.1.13</a> ; ;# NSCLIENT PORT NUMBER ; This is the port the NSClientListener.dll will listen to. port=12489 ; ;# BIND TO ADDRESS ; Allows you to bind server to a specific local address. This has to be a dotted ip adress not a hostname. ; Leaving this blank will bind to all avalible IP adresses. ;bind_to_address= [Check System] ;# CPU BUFFER SIZE ; Can be anything ranging from 1s (for 1 second) to 10w for 10 weeks. Notice that a larger buffer will waste memory ; so don't use a larger buffer then you need (ie. the longest check you do +1). ;CPUBufferSize=1h ; ;# CHECK RESOLUTION ; The resolution to check values (currently only CPU). ; The value is entered in 1/10:th of a second and the default is 10 (which means ones every second) ;CheckResolution=10 [NRPE] ;# NRPE PORT NUMBER ; This is the port the NRPEListener.dll will listen to. port=5666 ; ;# COMMAND TIMEOUT ; This specifies the maximum number of seconds that the NRPE daemon will allow plug-ins to finish executing before killing them off. ;command_timeout=60 ; ;# COMMAND ARGUMENT PROCESSING ; This option determines whether or not the NRPE daemon will allow clients to specify arguments to commands that are executed. allow_arguments=1 ; ;# COMMAND ALLOW NASTY META CHARS ; This option determines whether or not the NRPE daemon will allow clients to specify nasty (as in |`&><'"\[]{}) characters in arguments. allow_nasty_meta_chars=1 ; ;# USE SSL SOCKET ; This option controls if SSL should be used on the socket. ;use_ssl=1 ; ;# BIND TO ADDRESS ; Allows you to bind server to a specific local address. This has to be a dotted ip adress not a hostname. ; Leaving this blank will bind to all avalible IP adresses. ; bind_to_address= ; ;# ALLOWED HOST ADDRESSES ; This is a comma-delimited list of IP address of hosts that are allowed to talk to NRPE deamon. ; If you leave this blank the global version will be used instead. ;allowed_hosts= [NRPE Handlers] check_exchangeDB=inject CheckFileSize MaxWarn=15G MaxCrit=16G File='d:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\priv1.stm' File='d:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\priv1.edb' ;# COMMAND DEFINITIONS ;# Command definitions that this daemon will run. ;# Can be either NRPE syntax: ;command[check_users]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_users -w 5 -c 10 ;# Or simplified syntax: ;test=c:\test.bat foo $ARG1$ bar ;check_disk1=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_disk -w 5 -c 10 ;# Or even loopback (inject) syntax (to run internal commands) ;# This is a way to run "NSClient" commands and other internal module commands such as check eventlog etc. ;check_cpu=inject checkCPU warn=80 crit=90 5 10 15 ;check_eventlog=inject CheckEventLog Application warn.require.eventType=error warn.require.eventType=warning critical.require.eventType=error critical.exclude.eventType=info truncate=1024 descriptions ;check_disk_c=inject CheckFileSize ShowAll MaxWarn=1024M MaxCrit=4096M File:WIN=c:\ATI\*.* ;# But be careful: ; dont_check=inject dont_check This will "loop forever" so be careful with the inject command... ;# Check some escapings... ; check_escape=inject CheckFileSize ShowAll MaxWarn=1024M MaxCrit=4096M "File: foo \" WIN=c:\\WINDOWS\\*.*" </div></blockquote></div>