Non obvious 127 plugin error

[Craig Stewart]

Matin,

Not quite sure what you mean.  As far as I know I don't have a password
variable in my command definition.

Craig
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On 06/01/2011 02:11 PM, Martin Hugo wrote:
> Hi Craig,
> 
> Not sure if it will help you but when I had a check reporting a similar
> plug-in error that ran just fine from the terminal I removed the
> password variable from the comd def and hard-coded the pwd in there
> instead.  Worked for me.
> 
> Martin T. Hugo
> Network Administrator
> Hilliard City Schools
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Stewart [mailto:Craig.Stewart at corpxplornet.com
> <mailto:Craig.Stewart at corp.xplornet.com>]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 10:48 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Non obvious 127 plugin error
> 
> Good day folks,
> 
> I've spent the better part of a week using Google and combing forums for
> an answer to this question without much luck.  First the specs:
> 
> Nagios version 3.2.3
> Nagios and associated plugins installed on CentOS 5.6 and Fedora 15
> servers via package management (i.e. yum)
> 
> I have a couple plugins that simply won't execute.  One of which is the
> check_dig command.  I'll use this for an example.
> 
>>From the commands.cfg file for Nagios:
> 
> define command{
>         command_name    check_dns
>         command_line    /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_dig -H
> $HOSTADDRESS$ -l
> $ARG1$ -a $ARG2$ -w $ARG3$ -c $ARG4$ -t $ARG5$
>         }
> 
>>From the Nagios log file:
> 
> [1306863226] Warning: Return code of 127 for check of service
> 'DNS-Check' on host 'TS-TOR-DNS-1' was out of bounds. Make sure the
> plugin you're trying to run actually exists.
> 
> 
> Okay, first to see if it exists:
> 
> [root at nms ~]# locate check_dig
> /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_dig
> [root at nms ~]#
> 
> Ownership and permissions check:
> 
> [root at nms ~]# ls -l /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_dig
> -rwxr-xr-x. 1 nagios nagios 43292 Mar 23 15:42
> /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_dig
> [root at nms ~]#
> 
> Try running it as root:
> [root at nms ~]# /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_dig *BLANKED* -l *BLANKED*
> -a *BLANKED* -c 5 -w 0.25
> DNS OK - 0.005 seconds response time (*BLANKED*. 900 IN A
> *BLANKED*)|time=0.004967s;0.250000;5.000000;0.000000
> 
> So it works as root.  Now to try as Nagios user:
> [root at nms ~]# su - nagios
> -bash-4.2$ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_dig *BLANKED* -l *BLANKED* -a
> *BLANKED* -c 5 -w 0.25
> DNS OK - 0.005 seconds response time (*BLANKED*. 900 IN A
> *BLANKED*)|time=0.004967s;0.250000;5.000000;0.000000
> 
> It works as the Nagios user as well.
> 
> So, I'm sure you can see my confusion.  The plugin exists and is
> executable for a user on the system, but even when called directly as
> opposed to using the $USER1$ macro, the Nagios process can't run it.
> 
> Any thoughts anyone?
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Craig
> 
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