Nrpe Error Message
James Peterson
showkilr at showkilr.com
Wed Jan 8 23:29:35 CET 2003
here are the args you need to change.
server_args = -c /usr/local/nagios/nrpe.cfg --inetd
user = nagios
James "Showkilr" Peterson
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kaplan, Andrew H." <AHKAPLAN at PARTNERS.ORG>
> To: "'Jeremy Tinley'" <jtinley at unirez.com>
> Cc: <Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 12:51 PM
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nrpe Error Message
>
>
> > The file reads as follows:
> >
> > # default: on
> > # description: NRPE
> > service nrpe
> > {
> > disable = no
> > flags = REUSE
> > socket_type = stream
> > wait = no
> > user = root
> > server = /usr/local/nagios/nrpe
> > server_args = -i /usr/local/nagios/nrpe.cfg
> > log_on_failure += USERID
> > only_from = 132.183.12.125
> > }
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeremy Tinley [mailto:jtinley at unirez.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 1:47 PM
> > To: Kaplan, Andrew H.
> > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nrpe Error Message
> >
> >
> > Ok, what's the /etc/xinetd.d/nrpe file look like?
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kaplan, Andrew H. [mailto:AHKAPLAN at PARTNERS.ORG]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 12:44 PM
> > To: 'Jeremy Tinley'
> > Cc: 'Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net'
> > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nrpe Error Message
> >
> > I am running nrpe under xinetd.
> >
> > I did a netstat -a | grep 5666 and there was no output. I was returned
to
> a
> > shell prompt.
> >
> > Nrpe.cfg is located at /usr/local/nagios
> >
> > Anything else?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeremy Tinley [mailto:jtinley at unirez.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 1:36 PM
> > To: Kaplan, Andrew H.
> > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nrpe Error Message
> >
> >
> > Ok, take one giant step backwards.
> >
> > How are you running nrpe? As a daemon or xinetd/inetd?
> >
> > Now do a netstat -a | grep 5666
> >
> > What's the output?
> >
> > Now, where is nrpe.cfg?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kaplan, Andrew H. [mailto:AHKAPLAN at PARTNERS.ORG]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 12:34 PM
> > To: 'Jeremy Tinley'
> > Cc: 'Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net'
> > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nrpe Error Message
> >
> > The messages log file had the following entries:
> >
> > Server /usr/local/nagios/nrpe is not executable [line=10]
> >
> > nrpe[26725]: Unable to open config file '//nrpe.cfg' for reading
> > Config file '//nrpe.cfg' contained errors, bailing out...
> >
> > What gives?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeremy Tinley [mailto:jtinley at unirez.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 1:07 PM
> > To: Kaplan, Andrew H.
> > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nrpe Error Message
> >
> >
> > check_disk? Or check)disk. Not sure if you just made a typo on the
> command
> > back into the email.
> >
> > Check the log on oneofxeon, probably in /var/log/messages to see what's
> > going
> > on. That usually means that you don't have permission to connect (ala,
> > /etc/hosts.allow if you run under (x)inetd or the nrpe.cfg file if you
> > don't.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kaplan, Andrew H. [mailto:AHKAPLAN at PARTNERS.ORG]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 11:55 AM
> > To: 'Jeremy Tinley'
> > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nrpe Error Message
> >
> > I entered in the following:
> >
> > ./check_nrpe -H oneofxeon -p 5666 -c check)disk
> >
> > and got the following:
> >
> > CHECK_NRPE: Error receiving data from host.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeremy Tinley [mailto:jtinley at unirez.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 12:49 PM
> > To: Kaplan, Andrew H.
> > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nrpe Error Message
> >
> >
> > Perhaps I gave you the wrong command.. lowercase c, instead of capital:
> >
> > $ ./check_nrpe -H db1 -p 5666 -c check_disk_var
> > DISK OK - [4632496 kB (96%) free on /dev/sda8]
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kaplan, Andrew H. [mailto:AHKAPLAN at PARTNERS.ORG]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 11:46 AM
> > To: 'Jeremy Tinley'
> > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nrpe Error Message
> >
> > Here's what I entered:
> >
> > ./check_nrpe -H oneofxeon -p 5666 -C check_disk -w 80 -c 95
> >
> > I got the same error message.....
> >
> > I also tried
> >
> > ./check_nrpe -H oneofxeon -p 5666 -C check_disk
> >
> > and got the same result....
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeremy Tinley [mailto:jtinley at unirez.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 12:41 PM
> > To: Kaplan, Andrew H.
> > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nrpe Error Message
> >
> >
> > You have to specify -C check_disk
> >
> > It's the same command in the square brackets:
> > command[check_users]=....
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kaplan, Andrew H. [mailto:AHKAPLAN at PARTNERS.ORG]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 11:37 AM
> > To: 'Jeremy Tinley'
> > Cc: 'Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net'
> > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nrpe Error Message
> >
> > The command that I entered at the monitoring host was
> >
> > ./check_nrpe -H oneofxeon -p 5666 -C
> /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_disk -w
> > 80 -c 95
> >
> > The result was INCORRECT COMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS SUPPLIED
> >
> > What gives?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeremy Tinley [mailto:jtinley at unirez.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 11:49 AM
> > To: Kaplan, Andrew H.
> > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nrpe Error Message
> >
> >
> > Try running the check_nrpe command from the monitoring host.
> >
> > check_nrpe -H <host> -p <port> -C check_userrs
> >
> > see if that gets you any further.
> >
> > I noticed that -H and -p were added in the change from nrpe 1.5 to 1.6
> >
> > -J
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
> > [mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Kaplan,
> > Andrew
> > H.
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 10:33 AM
> > To: 'Carroll, Jim P [Contractor]'
> > Cc: Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nrpe Error Message
> >
> > Things got a little better since I sent out my e-mail. I am getting a
> > connection
> > to
> > to the remote client. Now I am getting an INCORRECT COMMAND LINE
ARGUMENTS
> > SUPPLIED
> > error.
> >
> > When I run the check from the command line, it comes out fine.
> >
> > Here is the syntax of the nrpe.cfg file on the client:
> >
> > command[check_users]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_users 50 80
> > command[check_disk1]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_disk 80 95
/dev/sda8
> > command[check_load]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_load 15,10,5
30,25,20
> > command[check_procs]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_procs 150 200
> >
> > What is going on?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Carroll, Jim P [Contractor] [mailto:jcarro10 at sprintspectrum.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 11:05 AM
> > To: Kaplan, Andrew H.; Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nrpe Error Message
> >
> >
> > And running check_nrpe from the command line...? Pass or fail...?
> >
> > jc
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Kaplan, Andrew H. [mailto:AHKAPLAN at PARTNERS.ORG]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 9:00 AM
> > > To: Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > > Subject: [Nagios-users] Nrpe Error Message
> > >
> > >
> > > I installed the latest nrpe client on a remote machine, and
> > > also copied the
> > > necessary
> > > plugins from the nagios server to the client. The nrpe.cfg
> > > file was modified
> > > to suit the
> > > remote machine's configuration. When I tried to monitor the
> > > various services
> > > on the client
> > > I was confronted with the following error message:
> > >
> > > Return code of 127 is out of bounds - plugin may be missing.
> > >
> > > I am running Nagios 1.0 with the latest nrpe client as well
> > > as the latest
> > > nagios plug-ins.
> > >
> > > There were no apparent problems with compiling and installing the nrpe
> > > client on the remote machine.
> > >
> > > The /etc/xinetd.d services were restarted after the nrpe install was
> > > complete.
> > >
> > > The nagios server is running on a Red Hat 8.0 box and the
> > > remote client is
> > > Red Hat 7.3
> > >
> > >
> > >
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