Hey Frederik, thanks for the tips i'll have a look.
2006/2/2, Frederik Vanhee <frederik.vanhee at perso.be>:
>
> Hello Toto,
>
> jabber is really easy to set up. I followed these instructions :
> http://linuxgazette.net/112/tomar.html
> The jabber server was running within an hour.
> I use the notification script of David Cox, that I found on
> Nagiosexchange.
>
> On the PC-side, I use GAIM to read the messages.
> My end-users are very happy with that solution.
>
> Frederik
>
>
> Toto Capuccino wrote:
>
> > i wanted to avoid the winpopup too, not very user-friendly. Is Jabber
> > solution easy to implement ?
> >
> > 2006/2/1, Frederik Vanhee <frederik.vanhee at perso.be
> > <mailto:frederik.vanhee at perso.be>>:
> >
> > Toto Capuccino wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Does anybody got popup notifications working ?
> >
> >
> > Works like a charm ! use this as your notify-command, or tune to
> your
> > needs....
> > However I switched to jabber-notification (instant messaging)
> > because of
> > the rather 'aggressive' popups.
> >
> > # 'notify-by-smbclient' command definition
> > define command{
> > command_name notify-by-smbclient
> > command_line /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** NAGIOS *****
> > automatically generated POP-UP \n\n Notification Type:
> > $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nHost: $HOSTNAME$ ($HOSTALIAS$) \nAddress:
> > $HOSTADDRESS$\nService: $SERVICEDESC$\nState:
> > $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n\nAdditional
> > Info:\n\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$" | /usr/bin/smbclient -M $CONTACTADDRESS1$
> -I
> > $CONTACTADDRESS2$
> > }
> >
> > where CONTACTADDRESS1 = the pc name
> > and CONTACTADDRESS2 = the pc's ip-address
> >
> > Good luck !
> >
> > Frederik
> >
> >
>
>
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