nrpe and check_mailq

[Mikael Fridh]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 7:36 PM, Kevin Freels <kfreels at sendmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> I'm having an odd issue with check_mailq and nrpe. When I run the
> check_mailq command natively (i.e., on the client), I get the proper
> response:
>
> testhost:/usr/local/nagios/libexec # ./check_mailq  -w 300 -c 500
> OK: mailq (01) is below threshold (300/500) | mailq = 01

You're root here, right?

> But if I run it remotely from the server:
>
> nagios# ./check_nrpe -H testhost -c check_mailq
>  | mailq =

If I remember correctly, you need to be root to run mailq on most
systems so you might need to give the nrpe user sudo access for it.

--
Fridh

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