command.cfg with qmail MTA
william f guyton jr
wguyton at informs.com
Tue Jun 10 19:18:21 CEST 2003
error is :
Error: Unexpected token or statement in file
'/usr/local/nagios/etc/command.cfg' on line 33.
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 12:09, Skip Montanaro wrote:
> william> Running the preflight check, with nagios v1.1, I get an error
> william> from line 33 in command.cfg:
>
> What's the error message ?
>
> william> Line 33 is:
>
> william> command[notify-by-email]=/bin/printf "$OUTPUT$" | /bin/mail -s
> william> '$SERVICESTATE$ alert for $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$' $CONTACTEMAIL$
>
> Maybe you need /usr/bin/printf and /usr/bin/mail?
>
> william> I have qmail running on this host (RH v8), so my question is
> william> what is the syntax for sending this notify to qmail. I have
> william> tried /usr/sbin/sendmail -> /var/qmail/bin/sendmail, but then
> william> it does not like the -s switch.
>
> I really doubt you'll need to resort to calling qmail or sendmail to get
> this to work on a RedHat system. You almost certainly have /bin/mail and
> /bin/printf (my Mac has both, but in /usr/bin) or can get them from an rpm.
> That would be easier than calling sendmail or qmail-faking-sendmail
> directly. If you can't manage to find and/or install /bin/mail, note that
> sendmail expects an rfc-2?822 message on stdin. As a first guess I'd try
> something like
>
> /bin/printf "To: $CONTACTEMAIL$\nSubject: $SERVICESTATE$ alert for $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$\n\n$OUTPUT$" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -odb
>
> but that's just a guess. In any case, I doubt the preflight check is
> actually trying (and failing) to execute the /bin/mail and /bin/printf. I
> suspect your problem lies elsewhere.
--
william f guyton jr
senior network engineer
informs
334.277.0372x133
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