<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns:p="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:powerpoint" xmlns:a="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:access" xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" xmlns:s="uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z="#RowsetSchema" xmlns:b="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:publisher" xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" xmlns:c="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:component:spreadsheet" xmlns:odc="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:odc" xmlns:oa="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:activation" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:q="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:rtc="http://microsoft.com/officenet/conferencing" xmlns:D="DAV:" xmlns:Repl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/repl/" xmlns:mt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/meetings/" xmlns:x2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2003/xml" xmlns:ppda="http://www.passport.com/NameSpace.xsd" xmlns:ois="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/ois/" xmlns:dir="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:dsp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" xmlns:udc="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sub="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/2002/1/alerts/" xmlns:ec="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" xmlns:sp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" xmlns:sps="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:udcs="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/soap" xmlns:udcxf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/xmlfile" xmlns:udcp2p="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/parttopart" xmlns:wf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/workflow/" xmlns:dsss="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig-setup" xmlns:dssi="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig" xmlns:mdssi="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/digital-signature" xmlns:mver="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns:mrels="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships" xmlns:spwp="http://microsoft.com/sharepoint/webpartpages" xmlns:ex12t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" xmlns:ex12m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages" xmlns:pptsl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/SlideLibrary/" xmlns:spsl="http://microsoft.com/webservices/SharePointPortalServer/PublishedLinksService" xmlns:Z="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" xmlns:st="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"> <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Running nagios 3.0.6 on OpenSUSE and trying to get info from a SUSE enterprise machine.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Chk_by_ssh returns UNKNOWN and “Remote command execution failed: Host key verification failed”, check_ping works.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I have played with every combo of options I could think of, but same results. This is my first setup with remote checks on a linux machine (windows machine checks working fine), so it could be a newb problem.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> (from commands.cfg)<o:p></o:p> # check_ssh_dummy command definition<o:p></o:p> define command{<o:p></o:p> command_name check_ssh_dummy<o:p></o:p> command_line $USER1$/check_by_ssh –H $HOSTADDRESS$ -l nagios -2 \<o:p></o:p> –I /etc/nagios/.ssh/id_dsa –C “/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_dummy 0”<o:p></o:p> }<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I took out the desired response text to eliminate possible double quote issues, but it made no difference<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> (from object config)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> define service{<o:p></o:p> use local-service<o:p></o:p> host_name (machine_name)<o:p></o:p> service_description PING<o:p></o:p> check_command check_ping!100.0,20%!500.o,60%<o:p></o:p> }<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> define_service{<o:p></o:p> use local-service<o:p></o:p> host_name (machine_name)<o:p></o:p> service_description check_ssh_dummy!<o:p></o:p> }<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> From the command line, I run:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_by_ssh –H (machine_ip) –l nagios –i /etc/nagios.ssh/id_dsa –C “usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_dummy 0”<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> It returns OK<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I am having the same issue with check_ssh_disk. I do not have a MOTD for the shell, I have tried putting explicit paths in place of USER1, putting in the actual address for HOSTADDRESS, and many options on the <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Robert L. O'Donnell<o:p></o:p> Advanced Equipment Engineering, IMO<o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>