check_mailq usage

[Upayavira]

kollasch.drew at bvrmc.org wrote:

>1. I use postfix
>2. I'm on gentoo linux
>3. mail in queue is actually stored in /var/spool/postfix/ (with LOTS of
>sub-dirs under it)
>
>Hope that info helps? I would love to use this plugin, as my mailq tends to
>get large because of amavisd. It does clean itself out occasinally, but I
>would like to know if it isn't. -Drew
>  
>
Well. I think you've got to go for my option (2), and patch the plugin. 
In a previous mail are instructions as to what should work. Find the 
check_mailq file, open it in a text editor, and make the amendments I 
suggest. See how that works.

Upayavira

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Upayavira [mailto:uv at upaya.co.uk] 
>Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 3:49 PM
>To: Drew Kollasch
>Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] check_mailq usage
>
>
>kollasch.drew at bvrmc.org wrote:
>
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>>Hmm,,,ic. Mqueue does in fact not exist. Could I just make a link to
>>the mailq program? Or are they totally different animals?
>> 
>>
>>    
>>
>/var/spool/mqueue is the file where your spooled mail is held. It's not 
>the mailq program. For some reason, your mailq app is outputting 
>something different from mine (and from that of the check_mailq 
>developer). So you have two choices:
>1) Get hold of a different mailq command
>2) Update your check_mailq script (as I described) to work with your 
>mailq command.
>
>What OS are you using?
>
>Regards, Upayavira
>
>  
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Upayavira [mailto:uv at upaya.co.uk]
>>Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 3:09 PM
>>To: Drew Kollasch; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>>Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] check_mailq usage
>>
>>
>>[Note: I am no Nagios guru - I haven't even got my setup to work yet. 
>>Nor have I ever installed a unix mail server. I just know Perl, that's 
>>all]
>>
>>kollasch.drew at bvrmc.org wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>>    
>>
>>>I included the output of the mailq command at the top before the 
>>>error...but here it is again
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>If I do /usr/bin/mailq, I get:
>>
>>/var/spool/mqueue is empty
>>               Total requests: 0
>>
>>Now the check_mailq script first looks for the phrase "mqueue" in a 
>>line. In that line, it looks for either "empty", or a number. If it 
>>gets a number, it checks to see if that number is less than the one it 
>>expects, and sets status details accordingly.
>>
>>Now, if it doesn't find a line containing "mqueue", it will give 
>>precicely the error you have been getting.
>>
>> 
>>
>>    
>>
>>>...
>>>gentoo1 cron.daily # /usr/bin/mailq
>>>-Queue ID- --Size-- ----Arrival Time---- -Sender/Recipient-------
>>>DC225A01CB*   51754 Mon Apr 26 14:47:59  MAILER-DAEMON
>>>                                       emailalert at clma.org
>>>
>>>-- 50 Kbytes in 1 Request.
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>> 
>>
>>    
>>
>>>gentoo1 cron.daily # /usr/bin/mailq
>>>Mail queue is empty
>>>...
>>>
>>>The mailq command works perfectly fine on the box. It's the check 
>>>command that does not.
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>Well, that's because your mailq command is giving out a type of output 
>>that the check command doesn't know how to handle. Are there different 
>>versions of mailq available? I dunno.
>>
>>You could try this in your perl script (how good is your Perl?):
>>
>>Find where it says:
>>       if (/mqueue/) {
>>until:
>>       last;
>>
>>Replace this all with:
>>
>>      if (/mail queue is empty/) {
>>                       $msg = "OK: mailq is empty";
>>                       $msg_q = 0;
>>                       $state = $ERRORS{'OK'};
>>                       last;
>>      }elsif ( /in (\d+) request/ ) {
>>                       $msg_q = $1 ;
>>
>>                       print "msg_q = $msg_q warn=$opt_w
>>crit=$opt_c\n"
>>if $verbose;
>>
>>                       if ($msg_q < $opt_w) {
>>                               $msg = "OK: mailq ($msg_q) is below 
>>threshold ($opt_w/$opt_c)";
>>                               $state = $ERRORS{'OK'};
>>                       }elsif ($msg_q >= $opt_w  && $msg_q < $opt_c) {
>>                               $msg = "WARNING: mailq is $msg_q
>>(threshold w = $opt_w)";
>>                               $state = $ERRORS{'WARNING'};
>>                       }else {
>>                               $msg = "CRITICAL: mailq is $msg_q 
>>(threshold c = $opt_c)";
>>                               $state = $ERRORS{'CRITICAL'};
>>                       }
>>               last;
>>       }
>>
>>That _might_ convert your check_mailq script into one that will work 
>>with your mailq command.
>>
>>I make no promises though.
>>
>>Regards, Upayavira
>>
>> 
>>
>>    
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Upayavira [mailto:uv at upaya.co.uk]
>>>Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 2:32 PM
>>>To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>>>Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] check_mailq usage
>>>
>>>
>>>kollasch.drew at bvrmc.org wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>I have since migrated my mail server and my nagios server together 
>>>>(onto the same box) and I still get the same error. IT was suggested 
>>>>that I get the newest one via CVS. I am lost on knowing how to do 
>>>>that though. If there are other ideas/solutions also, please let me 
>>>>know.
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>Try at a prompt:
>>>/usr/bin/mailq
>>>
>>>What do you get?
>>>
>>>Basically, the perl script is expecting either the word "empty" or a
>>>number on the line that contains "mqueue". But it seems that yours 
>>>isn't doing that.
>>>
>>>Upayavira
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>gentoo1 nagios # mailq
>>>>Mail queue is empty
>>>>gentoo1 nagios # /usr/nagios/libexec/check_mailq -w5 -c10 -v Use of
>>>>uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at 
>>>>/usr/nagios/libexec/check_mailq line 110. Use of uninitialized value 
>>>>in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/nagios/libexec/check_mailq 
>>>>line 110.  | mailq = Use of uninitialized value in exit at 
>>>>/usr/nagios/libexec/check_mailq
>>>>line 111.
>>>>gentoo1 nagios #
>>>>
>>>>  -----Original Message-----
>>>>  *From:* Drew Kollasch
>>>>  *Sent:* Friday, April 16, 2004 3:18 PM
>>>>  *To:* nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>>>>  *Subject:* RE: [Nagios-users] check_mailq usage
>>>>
>>>>  IC...well that's no fun now is it?
>>>>  This machine DOES have a mailq on it, its just not the one that I
>>>>  want to check.
>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>  -------------------------------------------------------
>>>>  Drew Kollasch
>>>>  Network/Desktop Technician
>>>>  Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
>>>>  kollasch.drew at bvrmc.org
>>>>  712-732-4455x2153
>>>>
>>>>      -----Original Message-----
>>>>      *From:* Marc Powell [mailto:marc at ena.com]
>>>>      *Sent:* Friday, April 16, 2004 3:17 PM
>>>>      *To:* Drew Kollasch; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>>>>      *Subject:* Re: [Nagios-users] check_mailq usage
>>>>
>>>>      The plugin expects to be run on the machine with the mail
>>>>      queue you want to check. That's probably why it's failing.
>>>>      Like the majority of the plugins that check non-network
>>>>      related items, there is no support for connecting to a remote
>>>>      host to check local stats. You'll need to use a transport
>>>>      mechanism such as NRPE or check-by-ssh.
>>>>
>>>>      --
>>>>      Marc
>>>>
>>>>      -----Original Message-----
>>>>      From: kollasch.drew at bvrmc.org <kollasch.drew at bvrmc.org>
>>>>      To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>>>>      <nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
>>>>      Sent: Fri Apr 16 15:00:15 2004
>>>>      Subject: [Nagios-users] check_mailq usage
>>>>
>>>>      I am attempting to get the check_mailq check to work, but am
>>>>      having some troubles.
>>>>      Executing from the CLI,
>>>>      ...
>>>>      gentoo1 nagios # /usr/nagios/libexec/check_mailq -w 5 -c 10
>>>>      Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
>>>>      /usr/nagios/libexec/check_mailq line 110.
>>>>      Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
>>>>      /usr/nagios/libexec/check_mailq line 110.
>>>>       | mailq =
>>>>      Use of uninitialized value in exit at
>>>>      /usr/nagios/libexec/check_mailq line 111.
>>>>      ...
>>>>
>>>>      any ideas? also the mailq that I wish to check IS on a
>>>>      different host, how would I specify that?
>>>>      Thanks in advance.
>>>>     
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
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