nrpe not working

[Jeff McKeon]

Telnet to host on 5666:

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[jsm at rh80-jsm jsm]$ telnet 10.32.1.12 5666
Trying 10.32.1.12...
Connected to 10.32.1.12.
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection closed by foreign host.

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run ./check_nrpe localy on target host:

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[root at db02tc07927 libexec]# ./check_nrpe localhost -c check_disk1
CHECK_NRPE: Received 0 bytes.  Are we allowed to connect to the host?

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On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 16:17, Carroll, Jim P [Contractor] wrote:
> Try telnetting to port 5666 on the target host; see if you get a connection.
> 
> Try installed check_nrpe on the target host and doing this command:
> 
>    ./check_nrpe localhost -c check_disk1
> 
> Let us know how that goes.
> 
> jc
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff McKeon [mailto:jsm at inpro.net]
> > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 2:32 PM
> > To: Nagios List
> > Subject: [Nagios-users] nrpe not working
> > 
> > 
> > Hey guys/gals,
> > 
> > Needed to set up linux disk monitoring of a remote host.  downloaded
> > nrpe (as suggested by mailing list) and installed the daemon on the
> > remote host according to the directions.  Also copied the check_disk
> > plugin to that remote server.  
> > 
> > installed on the nagios host server and coped the check_nrpe to the
> > /usr/local/nagios/libexec dir.
> > 
> > confirmed that a check_disk command issued at the command prompt will
> > work on the remote host.  So at least I know that works...
> > 
> > Left the nrpe.cfg file as is, placed it in the /etc/ dir.
> > 
> > below is the nrpe xinetd file I've modified.
> > 
> > Problem::::
> > 
> > If on the nagios host machine I issue:
> > 
> > [jsm at rh80-jsm jsm]$ cd /usr/local/nagios/libexec/
> > [jsm at rh80-jsm libexec]$ ./check_nrpe 10.32.1.12 -c check_disk1
> > CHECK_NRPE: Error receiving data from host.
> > [jsm at rh80-jsm libexec]$
> > 
> > I get the error shown.
> > 
> > If I look on the remote host in the var/log/messages file I get:
> > 
> > Nov 25 20:12:37 db02tc07927 xinetd[2777]: execv(
> > /usr/local/nagios/libexec ) failed: Permission denied (errno = 13)
> > 
> > Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong?
> > 
> >         # default: on
> >         # description: NRPE
> >         service nrpe
> >         {
> >                 flags           = REUSE
> >                 socket_type     = stream
> >                 wait            = no
> >                 user            = nagios
> >                 server          = /usr/local/nagios/libexec/nrpe
> >                 server_args     = -i /etc/nrpe.cfg
> >                 log_on_failure  += USERID
> >                 disable         = no
> >                 only_from       = 127.0.0.1 10.16.2.101
> >         }
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Nov 25 20:12:37 db02tc07927 xinetd[2777]: execv(
> > /usr/local/nagios/libexec ) failed: Permission denied (errno = 13)
> > 
> > 
> > 
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