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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have installed the following on a RHEL 5.4 blade server:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>nagios-3.2.1<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>nrpe-2.12<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Install went smoothly, compiled without error.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Now trying to connect to my nagios server and get the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"># /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H localhost<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CHECK_NRPE: Error - Could not complete SSL handshake.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Port appears to be listening:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[root@node2 ~]# netstat -at | grep nrpe<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">tcp 0 0 *:nrpe *:* LISTEN
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<p class="MsoNormal">[root@node2 ~]# netstat -plan | grep 5666<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:5666 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 22482/xinetd
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<p class="MsoNormal">Messages log shows the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2011-12-06T16:54:22.553812+00:00 node2 xinetd[2154]: libwrap refused connection to nrpe (libwrap=nrpe) from 127.0.0.1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2011-12-06T16:54:22.553834+00:00 node2 xinetd[2154]: FAIL: nrpe libwrap from=127.0.0.1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2011-12-06T16:54:22.554039+00:00 node2 xinetd[22482]: START: nrpe pid=2154 from=127.0.0.1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2011-12-06T16:54:22.554104+00:00 node2 xinetd[22482]: EXIT: nrpe status=0 pid=2154 duration=0(sec)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My /etc/xinetd.d/nrpe is configured correctly as I have got several other servers (same spec) working fine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I get the following from my nagios server when trying to telnet the port:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[root@nagios_server]# telnet node2 5666<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Trying 192.168.235.50...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Connected to ocmp2.brandtone.lan (192.168.235.50).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Escape character is '^]'.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Connection closed by foreign host.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">R,<o:p></o:p></p>
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