How to use check_nagios ?

[Marek Grinberg]

$ ./check_nagios -F /usr/local/nagios/var/status.dat -e 5 -C 
/usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios
NAGIOS OK: 4 processes, status log updated 3 seconds ago

Assaf Flatto skrev 2012-08-31 22:46:
> On 31/08/12 20:02, Marek Grinberg wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have Nagios 3.4.1 and Nagios plugins 1.4.15 installed&  running in
>> RedHat 5.8
>>
>> I have defined check_nagios in commands.cfg:
>> define command{
>>            command_name    check_nagios
>>            command_line    $USER1$/check_nagios -F $ARG1$ -e $ARG2$ -C $ARG3$
>> #       command_line    $USER1$/check_nagios -F
>> /usr/local/nagios/var/status.dat -e $ARG1$ -C /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios
>>
>> and in localhost.cfg:
>> define service{
>>            use                     local-service         ; Name of service
>> template to use
>>            host_name               Nagios
>>            service_description     Nagios
>>            check_command           check_nagios
>>            notifications_enabled
>> check_nagios!/usr/local/nagios/var/status.dat!5!/usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios
>>            }
>>
>> Nagios Services in Firefox show:
>>
>> Nagios    Notifications for this service have been disabled
>>        UNKNOWN     2012-08-31 19:24:35     0d 2h 38m 43s     4/4  Usage:
>>
>> Explicit check shows:
>> # ./check_nagios -F /usr/local/nagios/var/status.dat -e 5 -C
>> /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios
>> NAGIOS OK: 2 processes, status log updated 5 seconds ago
>>
>> What have I missed ?
>>
>> Marek
>>
>>
> test the command as the nagios user not as root , see what the reply is .
>
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