General tcp_check question

[Marc Powell]

Please, please don't hijack other peoples threads for your own  
purposes. It's rude and confusing to future readers. Create a new post  
to the list when you have a new question. More below...


On Feb 26, 2009, at 7:34 AM, Kashif Mohammad wrote:

> But when I run
> sh-3.00$ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_tcp -H "<site-2>" -t 60 -p 9002
> I get this output
> CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 60 seconds
>  I suspect that it is an firewall issue at that site so I wanted to  
> know that what is underlying command of tcp_check and how can I  
> allow or disallow tcp_check command to run on my system if I am the  
> system administrator on that system.

It's making a TCP connection to port 9002 and seeing if it gets a  
connection, nothing more. The firewall needs to permit that connection  
from the nagios host.

--
Marc


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