nrpe not working

[Carroll, Jim P [Contractor]]

Do the following, then try your tests again:

   pkill -12 xinetd

Let us know how it goes.

jc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff McKeon [mailto:jsm at inpro.net]
> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:51 PM
> To: Carroll, Jim P [Contractor]
> Cc: Nagios List
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] nrpe not working
> 
> 
> Telnet to host on 5666:
> 
> --snip--
> 
> [jsm at rh80-jsm jsm]$ telnet 10.32.1.12 5666
> Trying 10.32.1.12...
> Connected to 10.32.1.12.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> 
> --snip--
> 
> run ./check_nrpe localy on target host:
> 
> --snip--
> 
> [root at db02tc07927 libexec]# ./check_nrpe localhost -c check_disk1
> CHECK_NRPE: Received 0 bytes.  Are we allowed to connect to the host?
> 
> --snip--
> 
> On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 16:17, Carroll, Jim P [Contractor] wrote:
> > Try telnetting to port 5666 on the target host; see if you 
> get a connection.
> > 
> > Try installed check_nrpe on the target host and doing this command:
> > 
> >    ./check_nrpe localhost -c check_disk1
> > 
> > Let us know how that goes.
> > 
> > jc
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jeff McKeon [mailto:jsm at inpro.net]
> > > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 2:32 PM
> > > To: Nagios List
> > > Subject: [Nagios-users] nrpe not working
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hey guys/gals,
> > > 
> > > Needed to set up linux disk monitoring of a remote host.  
> downloaded
> > > nrpe (as suggested by mailing list) and installed the 
> daemon on the
> > > remote host according to the directions.  Also copied the 
> check_disk
> > > plugin to that remote server.  
> > > 
> > > installed on the nagios host server and coped the 
> check_nrpe to the
> > > /usr/local/nagios/libexec dir.
> > > 
> > > confirmed that a check_disk command issued at the command 
> prompt will
> > > work on the remote host.  So at least I know that works...
> > > 
> > > Left the nrpe.cfg file as is, placed it in the /etc/ dir.
> > > 
> > > below is the nrpe xinetd file I've modified.
> > > 
> > > Problem::::
> > > 
> > > If on the nagios host machine I issue:
> > > 
> > > [jsm at rh80-jsm jsm]$ cd /usr/local/nagios/libexec/
> > > [jsm at rh80-jsm libexec]$ ./check_nrpe 10.32.1.12 -c check_disk1
> > > CHECK_NRPE: Error receiving data from host.
> > > [jsm at rh80-jsm libexec]$
> > > 
> > > I get the error shown.
> > > 
> > > If I look on the remote host in the var/log/messages file I get:
> > > 
> > > Nov 25 20:12:37 db02tc07927 xinetd[2777]: execv(
> > > /usr/local/nagios/libexec ) failed: Permission denied (errno = 13)
> > > 
> > > Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong?
> > > 
> > >         # default: on
> > >         # description: NRPE
> > >         service nrpe
> > >         {
> > >                 flags           = REUSE
> > >                 socket_type     = stream
> > >                 wait            = no
> > >                 user            = nagios
> > >                 server          = /usr/local/nagios/libexec/nrpe
> > >                 server_args     = -i /etc/nrpe.cfg
> > >                 log_on_failure  += USERID
> > >                 disable         = no
> > >                 only_from       = 127.0.0.1 10.16.2.101
> > >         }
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Nov 25 20:12:37 db02tc07927 xinetd[2777]: execv(
> > > /usr/local/nagios/libexec ) failed: Permission denied (errno = 13)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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