Trouble with check_nrpe+check_hpasm

[CSingh at lightspeedresearch.com]

-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Powell [mailto:marc at ena.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 6:40 PM
To: Nagios Users Mailinglist
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Trouble with check_nrpe+check_hpasm


On Jun 1, 2009, at 4:45 PM, <CSingh at lightspeedresearch.com>
<CSingh at lightspeedresearch.com 
 > wrote:

>
> I am monitoring system named locsys from NAGIOS server named Nagios.
>
> I can get check_hpasm to work locally on the system being monitored  
> (locsys) but I am unable to get check_hpasm to work with check_nrpe  
> when monitored through NAGIOS server. Other monitoring commands work  
> fine with check_nrpe with the same combination. Here are some  
> command outputs to provide a better understanding.
>
> [root at locsys ~]# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_hpasm
> OK - System: 'proliant dl360 g3', S/N: 'xxxxxx', ROM: 'P31  
> 09/15/2004', hardware working fine, da: 1 logical drives, 2 physical  
> drives

Does this work as the user NRPE runs as? You should never test nagios- 
related tasks as root. Permission differences will lead you down wrong  
paths and waste a lot of time.

> Any clues would be appreciated.

http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/nrpe/NRPE.pdf - Troubleshooting  
section. If the first part doesn't help, NRPE's debug mode may.

--
Marc


Thanks for your suggestion. I was able to get it fixed. Check_hpasm
plugin needs to be run with root privileges. So, on locsys, 

1. I had to allow the user NRPE runs as (xyzuser), privileges to the
command /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_hpasm in /etc/sudoers 

xyzuser
ALL=NOPASSWD:/sbin/hpasmcli,/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_hpasm

(Note that check_hpasm documentation already mentions giving sudo access
to nrpe user for /sbin/hpasmcli).

and 

2. Define the check_hpasm command in nrpe.cfg prefixed with sudo as
follows:

command[check_hpasm]=sudo /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_hpasm


Regards,
Charan



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