Service check did not exit properly

[Assaf Flatto]

JS wrote:
> On 29.3.2011 13:01, Assaf Flatto wrote:
>   
>> JS wrote:
>>     
>>> When I run a certain service check on my server via the shell it works
>>> fine.
>>>
>>> However after adding it to Nagios, using exactly the same parameters,
>>> it failes and the message "Service check did not exit properly" appears
>>> in my Nagios interface.
>>>
>>> How can I debug this? I've enabled debug logging in nagios.cfg but
>>> the log file still tell me very little.
>>>
>>>       
>> can you provide more detail about your configuration ? and the script
>> exit codes ?
>>     
>
> Sure Assaf.
> Here is my command configuration:
>
> define command{
>          command_name    check_email_delivery_static
>          command_line    /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_email_delivery
> -H imap.testdomain.local --mailfrom nagios-test at testdomain.local
> --mailto mail-delivery-test at testdomain.local --username
> testdomain\\\\\\\\mbox.maildelivery --password S0m3p4ss0123 -w 10 -c 90
> --smtp-server 192.168.1.59 --imapssl --libexec /usr/local/nagios/libexec
> }
>
> And when I run this in the shell the output is:
>
> root at nagios:~# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_email_delivery -H
> imap.testdomain.local --mailfrom nagios-test at testdomain.local --mailto
> mail-delivery-test at testdomain.local --username
> testdomain\\\\\\\\mbox.maildelivery --password S0m3p4ss0123 -w 10 -c 90
> --smtp-server 192.168.1.59 --imapssl --libexec /usr/local/nagios/libexec
> EMAIL DELIVERY OK - 6 seconds, 6 delay | delay=6s;10;90;0 elapsed=6s
> root at nagios:~#
>
> And yes, I need 8 backslashes -- i'm using LikewiseOpen on my IMAP
> server so I can log in with Active Directory users. These eight slashes
> are translated to a single one, testdomain\user. Silly but works.
>
> I am using check_email_delivery version 0.6.9, the latest ver. from
> http://buhacoff.net/software/check_email_delivery/
>
> Re,
> JS
>
>   
First thing - try running the script as the nagios user , this might 
give you more information about why it fails .

if memory serves me right , this script is calling some system calls 
that run in a root privileges  space so you may need to sudo the script 
to make it run properly.

Assaf


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