Probme in output of CHECK_MAILQ

[Nilesh]

Thank you very much
check_mailq through nrpe is working fine now...

with best regards

linux admin

Andreas Ericsson wrote:

> Nilesh wrote:
>
>> Andreas Ericsson wrote:
>>
>>> Nilesh wrote:
>>>
>>>> Tomasz Pilat wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello Mr. linux admin,
>>>>>
>>>>> N> i enabled dont_blame_nrpe=1 and restarted xinetd again.
>>>>> N> but still no luck ....
>>>>>
>>>>> N> same error ...
>>>>>
>>>>>> From nrpe.conf:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> # COMMAND ARGUMENT PROCESSING
>>>>> # This option determines whether or not the NRPE daemon will allow 
>>>>> clients
>>>>> # to specify arguments to commands that are executed.  This option 
>>>>> only works
>>>>> # if the daemon was configured with the --enable-command-args 
>>>>> configure script
>>>>>         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>>> # option.
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>> Ya did even that also.
>>>> recompiled nrpe with --enable-command-args
>>>> butnot luck
>>>> i'm getting following error
>>>> CHECK_NRPE: Error receiving data from daemon.
>>>> for check_mailq only
>>>> all other plugins are giving me proper output ..
>>>>
>>>
>>> That probably means that check_mailq prints some output to stderr, 
>>> which fucks NRPE up. What happens when you run the check_mailq 
>>> command manually exactly as it's typed in the nrpe.conf file when 
>>> logged in as the NRPE pseudo-user?
>>> You can also try running it like this;
>>>
>>> $command > /dev/null
>>>
>> Here is the output of check_mailq while executing from the system 
>> from where nrpe is running.
>>
>> $ /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_mailq -w 9 -c 10
>> Program mode requires special privileges, e.g., root or TrustedUser.
>> OK: mailq is empty|unsent=0;9;10;0
>>
>>
>> and while redirecting output to /dev/null it gives
>>
>> $ /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_mailq -w 9 -c 10 >> /dev/null
>> Program mode requires special privileges, e.g., root or TrustedUser.
>>
>
> That's your problem right there. Your mailq command requires higher 
> privileges. check_mailq (or mailq) prints this to stderr, and this 
> causes nrpe to fail. Fix that and try again.
>
>>
>> With Regards
>>
>> Linux Admin
>>
>>> ($command being the real command line here). If you get any output 
>>> at all, that means you're getting some at stderr.
>>>
>>>> waitng for help
>>>>
>>>> regards
>>>> linux admin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Maybe you should try this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Ponc
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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