Running Perl scripts and ssh with nagios

[Harper Mann]

Hi Edward,

Did you try running the script as the "nagios" user?  Are you specifying a
user on the target system and is there a "nagios" user on that host?

Regards,

- Harper

Harper Mann
Groundwork Open Source Solutions
510-599-2075 (cell)
http://itgroundwork.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Edward Smith
> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 3:07 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Running Perl scripts and ssh with nagios
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am using a custom perl script that uses nagios to ssh into a host and
> run a script, much the same way that check_ssh works.  However, we cannot
> use check_ssh for other reasons.   Here is the problem, whenever we run
> the script from the command line as the nagios user it works fine.
> 
> However, when we use it in nagios, via the checkcommands.cfg file, it
> fails.  Is there something about the way nagios executes commands that
> would differ from the command line?  I am using the same arguments, and
> the script is dying when it tries to open the ssh connection, yet no
> errors in the ssh logs, or  nagios logs for that matter.
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Edward Smith
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------
> Edward Smith
> Systems Application Engineer
> Demandtec, Inc
> esmith at demandtec.com
> 650-226-4609
> 
> 
> 
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