NRPE- Results from amavis_check.pl
Dave Augustus
davea at support.kcm.org
Thu Oct 20 06:33:15 CEST 2005
Thank you sir for showing me the direction to run in. I have modified
this script to support NRPE checks and will be posting it on
nagiosexhange.
Dave
On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 09:46 +0200, Andreas Ericsson wrote:
> Dave Augustus wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I am trying to check the status of amavisd on a remote host via NRPE.
> >
> > I am using the amavis-check.pl from nagiosexchange.org .
> >
> > When I check locally, I get accurate responses. However, when via NRPE,
> > I always get OK, even though NRPE receives the response of CRITICAL.
> >
> > Here is the local plugin output:
> >
> > ./amavis_check.pl --server localhost --from davea at support.kcm.org --to
> > davea at support.kcm.org --port 10024
> > CRITICAL - amavisd-new server unreachable
> >
> >
> > Here is the NRPE output:
> > ./check_nrpe -H rs1.kcm.org -c check_amavisd
> > CRITICAL - amavisd-new server unreachable
> >
> > nrpe.cfg contains the command definition:
> > command[check_amavisd]=/usr/lib/nagios/kcm_plugins/amavis_check.pl --
> > server localhost --from davea at support.kcm.org --to davea at support.kcm.org
> > --port 10024
> >
> > THE PROBLEM IS:
> > The status that nagios has on this check is ALWAYS OK!!!
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
>
> The plugin issues exit(0) somewhere, or silently drops off the end of
> the script which also causes its exit status to be 0. Neither Nagios nor
> NRPE cares about what a plugin prints. NRPE only forwards the
> exit-status of the program, and Nagios uses that and that only to
> determine the status.
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