Going Nuts trying to get check_by_ssh to work

[steve f]

yes running the check on the client works fine :

/usr/local/nagios/libexec> ./check_users -w 5 -c 8
USERS OK - 1 users currently logged in |users=1;5;8;0

I am beginning to think it has to be something really stupid...

Thanks,

Steve

> Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:52:06 -0500
> From: benny at bennyvision.com
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Going Nuts trying to get check_by_ssh to work
> 
> 
> > Thanks for the reply, yes I have tried it with both ip & name with the
> > same results.
> >
> > I assume that the command line check should work as I have written it here
> > correct?
> >
> > /usr/local/nagios/libexec> ./check_by_ssh -H 172.xx.xx.xx -C
> > '/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_users -w 5 -c 8' -l nagios -2 -4
> >
> > Remote command execution failed:
> >
> >
> > I do see on the client in /var/log/secure log : sshd[7044]: Accepted
> > publickey for nagios from 172.xx.xx.xx
> > port 42117 ssh2
> >
> > so this should mean the ssh was successful correct?
> 
> If that's the case, yes, your authentication is fine.
> 
> As the nagios user on the remote host, *copy-and-pasting* that exact
> command (inside the single quotes) into the shell works?
> 
> Benny
> 
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