NRPE: Unable to read output

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Marcus
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 4:06 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] NRPE: Unable to read output
> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
> i'm trying to get a plugin for openvpn
> (http://www.nagiosexchange.org/cgi-bin/pages/Detailed/1315.html) to
work
> with nrpe, but it gives me the dreaded "NRPE: Unable to read
output"-error.

Thanks for including where you got the plugin.

> command[check_vpn]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_openvpn -H
127.0.0.1
> -p 1195 -P mypwd -n
> 
> When i issue

> nagios at u-23:/usr/local/nagios/libexec>
> /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H 127.0.0.1 -c check_vpn
> 
> results in
> 
> NRPE: Unable to read output
> 
> Can anybody please give me a hint whats going wrong here. :-/

Try redirecting its output to a file so you can see the error output--

command[check_vpn]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_openvpn -H 127.0.0.1
-p 1195 -P mypwd -n >/tmp/output 2>&1

--
Marc

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