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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I have an appliance that I cannot install anything on. However I can connect via ssh. I can run remote commands with check_by_ssh, eg<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>check_by_ssh -H hmc -C "lsled -m ratbat -r sa -t phys" -l hscroot -s /home/nagios/.ssh/id_rsa<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This checks my HMC for the status of the attention LED on an AIX box.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>However, whatever the option is it comes back as OK in nagios. Is there a way to use check_by_ssh to check for a specific word?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Also, the list active/deactive systems command puts each system on a separate line, which I would rather all be in one continuous line.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It is not possible to write anything to the remote machine.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>B<o:p></o:p></p></div><font face="monospace"><br>
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