Giving up on NRPE, willing to try check_by_ssh...

[Andreas Ericsson]

man ssh-keygen
man ssh_config
man sshd_config
check_by_ssh --help

Be aware though that check_by_ssh requires public key authentication, 
and as such adds an additional security risk to your network.

Flak Magnet wrote:
> Exerpt from [path]/check_by_ssh --help 
> 
> "The most common mode of use is to refer to a local identity file with
> the '-i' option. In this mode, the identity pair should have a null
> passphrase and the public key should be listed in the authorized_keys
> file of the remote host. Usually the key will be restricted to running
> only one command on the remote server."
> 
> Umm... yeah.  I have gathered from a couple of resources that this has 
> something to do with ssh-keygen, a public file and a "authorized_keys 
> functionality" within SSH but which gives me the feeling that I've been given 
> some realy GREAT hints but no "Aha!"
> 
> If someone could kindly points me to a concise HOW-TO or somesuch I'd be quite 
> happy to RTFM.
> 
> Thank you.
> 

-- 
Mvh
Andreas Ericsson
OP5 AB
+46 (0)733 709032
andreas.ericsson at op5.se


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