<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:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" 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 bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1>Stupid I forgot that bit<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Did chmod 5777 sendmail and it works now<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Thanks for the help<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'>From: Michael Friedrich [mailto:michael.friedrich@univie.ac.at] Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 12:54 To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] notification emails<o:p></o:p></div></div><o:p> </o:p><tt>On 02.12.2011 12:36, Nick Price wrote:</tt> <o:p></o:p><tt>No its still activated</tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt>I even copied the configs from the old server.</tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt>It seems it’s just fedora 16 that has the problem. </tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt>This version of Nagios works fine with fedora 16.</tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt>I looked on tactical view</tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt>Everything is enabled except SSH localhost</tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;border-color:rgb(181, 196, 223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color'><tt>From:</tt><tt> Claudio Kuenzler [<a href="mailto:ck@claudiokuenzler.com">mailto:ck@claudiokuenzler.com</a>] </tt> <tt>Sent:</tt><tt> Friday, December 02, 2011 12:14</tt> <tt>To:</tt><tt> Nagios Users List</tt> <tt>Subject:</tt><tt> Re: [Nagios-users] notification emails</tt><o:p></o:p></div><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt>Did you by accident disable the notifications?</tt> <tt>On the Nagios web interface, click on Tactical Overview.</tt> <tt>At the end of the page (Monitoring Features) check that Notifications are green/enabled.</tt> <tt>It would make sense as you don't have SELinux and all commands seem to work from command-line (you also checked them with your Nagios user, not root, right?).</tt><o:p></o:p><div><tt>On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Nick Price <<a href="mailto:np121@hotmail.com">np121@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</tt><o:p></o:p><div><div><tt>Ok</tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt>I am getting in the debug log</tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt>Notification viability test failed. No notification will be sent.</tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt>What is this and how to troubleshoot it.</tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt>I can send emails from command line.</tt><o:p></o:p><tt>Selinux is disabled</tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;border-color:-moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color'><tt>From:</tt><tt> <a href="mailto:mail@catsnest.co.uk" target="_blank">mail@catsnest.co.uk</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:mail@catsnest.co.uk" target="_blank">mail@catsnest.co.uk</a>] </tt> <tt>Sent:</tt><tt> Friday, December 02, 2011 10:23</tt><o:p></o:p><div><div> <tt>To: Nagios Users List</tt> <tt>Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] notification emails</tt><o:p></o:p></div></div></div><div><div><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><div><tt>On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 8:14 AM, Nick Price <<a href="mailto:np121@hotmail.com" target="_blank">np121@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</tt><o:p></o:p><div><div><tt>Yes printf works</tt><o:p></o:p><tt>I had the same version of Nagios with the same config files working OK with fedora 14</tt><o:p></o:p><tt>It is only when I installed it on fedora 16 the notifications don’t work</tt><o:p></o:p><tt>I think it’s a bug within Nagios</tt><o:p></o:p><div><div><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p></div></div></div></div><div><tt>I doubt that its a bug in Nagios, as Nagios just uses your system's commands to send notifications.</tt> <tt>What is your notification config? can you run the commands the notification uses as the Nagios user?</tt> <tt>Is there some security such as SE Linux running?</tt> <tt>You could try adding logging to the Notification command eg add a ">> /var/tmp/Notification.log"</tt> <tt>or instead of the Notification command being a direct command, make a script for it instead.</tt> <tt>Ritchie,</tt> <tt>--</tt> <tt><-- <a href="http://23.me.uk/2" target="_blank">http://23.me.uk/2</a> --></tt> <tt><--Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. --></tt> <tt> </tt><o:p></o:p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color rgb(204, 204, 204)'><div><div><div><div><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt>Did you also do </tt> <tt>printf ‘this is a test’ | /bin/mail –s test_email <a href="mailto:email@mydomain.com" target="_blank">email@mydomain.com</a></tt> <tt>?</tt><o:p></o:p><div><tt>On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Nick Price <<a href="mailto:np121@hotmail.com" target="_blank">np121@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</tt><o:p></o:p><div><div><tt>The defaults are there.</tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt>I did echo ‘this is a test’ | /bin/mail –s test_email <a href="mailto:email@mydomain.com" target="_blank">email@mydomain.com</a></tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt>That went out Ok</tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt>What to look at next</tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;border-color:rgb(181, 196, 223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color'><tt>From:</tt><tt> Claudio Kuenzler [mailto:<a href="mailto:ck@claudiokuenzler.com" target="_blank">ck@claudiokuenzler.com</a>] </tt> <tt>Sent:</tt><tt> Wednesday, November 30, 2011 12:37</tt> <tt>To:</tt><tt> Nagios Users List</tt> <tt>Subject:</tt><tt> Re: [Nagios-users] notification emails</tt><o:p></o:p></div><div><div><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><tt>Did you check the command which is used to send notifications in command.cfg or checkcommand.cfg ?</tt> <tt>Maybe you don't have the binary or you need to rename the command.</tt> <tt>By default it uses /usr/bin/printf and /usr/bin/mail if I'm not mistaken.</tt><o:p></o:p><div><tt>On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Nick Price <<a href="mailto:np121@hotmail.com" target="_blank">np121@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</tt><o:p></o:p><tt>Hello</tt> <tt>I am not sure if this is a bug or config issue.</tt> <tt>I have a clean install of fedora 16 32 bit with a manual install of nagios</tt> <tt>3.3.1 and nagios plugins 1.4.15.</tt> <tt>I see in the debug log</tt> <tt>Notification viability test failed. No notification will be sent out.</tt><o:p></o:p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div> <tt>the contact, which will be shown some lines above (always post a complete debug log for a notification!), did not pass the viability tests. this can be notification_options, notification_period, notifications_disabled, etc. so to conclude with, i'd highly advise you to</tt> <tt>1/ post the contact object definition from the objects.cache</tt> <tt>2/ post the complete service object definition from the objects.cache</tt> <tt>3/ post the complete debug for this service and contact notification</tt> <o:p></o:p><div><div><div><div><div><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color rgb(204, 204, 204)'><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div> <tt>I can send test emails from this server using sendmail and that bit works</tt> <tt>Is there a solution for this.</tt> <tt>Regards</tt> <tt>Nick</tt> <tt>------------------------------------------------------------------------------</tt> <tt>All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure</tt> <tt>contains a definitive record of customers, application performance,</tt> <tt>security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. 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And common sense.</tt> <tt><a href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d" target="_blank">http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d</a></tt> <tt>_______________________________________________</tt> <tt>Nagios-users mailing list</tt> <tt><a href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net" target="_blank">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a></tt> <tt><a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users" target="_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</a></tt> <tt>::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue.</tt> <tt>::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null</tt><o:p></o:p></div><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p></div></div></div></div> <tt>------------------------------------------------------------------------------</tt> <tt>All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure</tt> <tt>contains a definitive record of customers, application performance,</tt> <tt>security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this</tt> <tt>data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense.</tt> <tt><a href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d" target="_blank">http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d</a></tt> <tt>_______________________________________________</tt> <tt>Nagios-users mailing list</tt> <tt><a href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net" target="_blank">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a></tt> <tt><a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users" target="_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</a></tt> <tt>::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue.</tt> <tt>::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null</tt><o:p></o:p></div><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p></div></div></div></div> <tt>------------------------------------------------------------------------------</tt> <tt>All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure</tt> <tt>contains a definitive record of customers, application performance,</tt> <tt>security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this</tt> <tt>data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense.</tt> <tt><a href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d" target="_blank">http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d</a></tt> <tt>_______________________________________________</tt> <tt>Nagios-users mailing list</tt> <tt><a href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net" target="_blank">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a></tt> <tt><a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users" target="_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</a></tt> <tt>::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue.</tt> <tt>::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null</tt><o:p></o:p></blockquote></div><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p></div></div></div></div> <tt>------------------------------------------------------------------------------</tt> <tt>All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure</tt> <tt>contains a definitive record of customers, application performance,</tt> <tt>security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this</tt> <tt>data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense.</tt> <tt><a href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d" target="_blank">http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d</a></tt> <tt>_______________________________________________</tt> <tt>Nagios-users mailing list</tt> <tt><a href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a></tt> <tt><a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users" target="_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</a></tt> <tt>::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue.</tt> <tt>::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null</tt><o:p></o:p></div><tt> </tt><o:p></o:p><pre><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense.<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt><a href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d">http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d</a></tt><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>Nagios-users mailing list<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt><a href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a><o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt><a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</a><o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null</tt><o:p></o:p></pre> <o:p></o:p><pre><tt>-- <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>DI (FH) Michael Friedrich<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>Vienna University Computer Center<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>Universitaetsstrasse 7 A-1010 Vienna, Austria<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>email: <a href="mailto:michael.friedrich@univie.ac.at">michael.friedrich@univie.ac.at</a><o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>phone: +43 1 4277 14359<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>mobile: +43 664 60277 14359<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>fax: +43 1 4277 14338<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>web: <a href="http://www.univie.ac.at/zid">http://www.univie.ac.at/zid</a><o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt> <a href="http://www.aco.net">http://www.aco.net</a><o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>Lead Icinga Core Developer<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt><a href="http://www.icinga.org">http://www.icinga.org</a><o:p></o:p></tt></pre></div></body></html>