At Least One Solution to "notification problem, $CONTACTPAGER$ not passed correctly?"

[Stover, Beth]

Hi there,

I tried some more testing.  First, I simplified the command line:  /usr/local/bin/sms_client 1234567890 'this is a test'

It still didn't work.

Next, I logged in as the nagios user and tried to execute the same command, and I got some errors (AHA!):

/var/adm (root) $ su - nagios
$ /usr/local/bin/sms_client 1234567890 'this is a test'   
ERROR: Opening logfile: /var/adm/smslog
ERROR: Opening logfile: /var/adm/smslog

My problem is a permissions issue with the /var/adm/smslog.  Your smslog file may be located somewhere else. I installed the application as root, so the "nagios" user did not have permissions to write to the sms log file:

-rw-r--r--   1 root  bin    5651 Apr 12 10:25 smslog

Probably not the most secure way to fix it, but I changed the mode so that all users can write to the file:

/var/adm (root) $ chmod 777 smslog

-rwxrwxrwx   1 root  bin    5651 Apr 12 10:25 smslog

Next, I restored my command line to include the macros:

# 'notify-by-sms' command definition
define command{
	command_name	notify-by-sms
command_line    /usr/local/bin/sms_client -q $CONTACTPAGER$ '$NOTIFICATIONTYPE$: $HOSTNAME$: $SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ ($OUTPUT$)'
        }

# 'host-notify-by-sms' command definition
define command{
	command_name	host-notify-by-sms
command_line    /usr/local/bin/sms_client -q $CONTACTPAGER$ '$NOTIFICATIONTYPE$: $HOSTNAME$: $SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ ($OUTPUT$)'
        }

Now, I'm getting the properly formatted alerts on my cell phone.  :-)

This was working fine for me before, so I don't know how the permissions issue came into being.  I have not re-installed sms_client.  It's been installed for 2 years.  If anyone has any ideas, then please let me know.

Beth



-----Original Message-----
From: Fischer Matthias [mailto:matthias.fischer at gundlach.de] 
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 10:47 PM
To: Stover, Beth
Subject: AW: [Nagios-users] appendix to "notification problem, $CONTACTPAGER$ not passed correctly?"


Hi Beth

I wasn´t able to solve it yet :(
Though I wonder that noone else came across this problem yet, sms_client seems to be quite a popular tool for doing sms_notfications. If you have any Idea on how to resolve this, I would appreciate to hear from you :) I´ll send an Email to the list as soon as I´ve resolved this problem here.

Regards

Matthias

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Stover, Beth [mailto:BStover at NorcalMutual.com]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 12. April 2005 02:08
An: Fischer Matthias
Betreff: FW: [Nagios-users] appendix to "notification problem, $CONTACTPAGER$ not passed correctly?"


Hi there,

I'm having a similar problem with my SMS_Client with the same version of Nagios.  Were you able to resolve your problem?

Beth

-----Original Message-----
From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Fischer Matthias
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 11:36 PM
To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Nagios-users] appendix to "notification problem, $CONTACTPAGER$ not passed correctly?"


Uhhh .. in the heat of the action I forgot to tell you the version :

It´s Nagios 1.2 from Feb 2002 on a FC 3 sytsem and sms_client 2.0.8y

Sorry!

Cheers

Matthias


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