Nagios not reporting failures

[James Green]

I tried logging into the box as the nagios user (full nagios 
environment) and used the command below no problem, got the text message 
inside 30 seconds.

I have also tried single and double quotes - both send the text.

Nagios the process just doesn't execute the file. Still looking for ideas!

James


Tedman Eng wrote:

>Look at possibly environment setup.  When you sudo to nagios user, you
>retain your original login environment (root, jgreen, etc).  The nagios user
>may not have everything configured exactly.  Possibly php needs to have some
>environment variables set explicitly if this is the case.  Try to login as
>nagios (to check environment) rather than just su/sudo nagios (which checks
>only permissions).
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: James Green [mailto:james.green at stealthnet.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 9:51 AM
>To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios not reporting failures
>
>
>Andreas Ericsson wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Nagios shoots out alerts via external commands executed by the shell. 
>>If you have any shell metachars in the output, that may cause a 
>>problem like this. Typical trouble-makers include but are not limited 
>>to: unclosed quotes, semi-colons, exclamation points.
>>
>>    
>>
>Here is the command:
>
>define command{
>        command_name    notify-by-sms
>        command_line    /opt/bin/php -f /home/jmkg/contacts.php 
>$CONTACTPAGER$ tier1 'Nagios $HOSTNAME$ $HOSTSTATE$ $SERVICEDESC$ 
>$SERVICESTATE$'
>        }
>
>If I run that command with sample data (taken from a near identical 
>installation's log file) as the nagios user, I get an SMS and a log file 
>message.
>
>Nagios itself appears not to run it. If I could trace through exactly 
>what is happening it would help me no end, can't see how though?
>
>Nagios logs it:
>
>1096476302] SERVICE NOTIFICATION: jmkg;s1c1;PING eth1 
>xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;CRITICAL;notify-by-sms;CRITICAL - Plugin timed out after 
>10 seconds
>
>
>  
>


-- 
James Green
Systems Administrator, StealthNET Ltd, www.stealthnet.co.uk
Tel: 0870 800 1777 Intl: +44 1493 660066 Fax: 0870 135 1069



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