DOH - thats it then !!! Oh well hopefully my mails will help somebody who makes this mistake too. Thank you all for your support ! Long live open source software and its communities ! Matthew --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Quinney Certified Lotus Specialist Network Manager Holland & Holland Ltd 31-33 Bruton ST London Tel - 0207 4994411 email - matthew.quinney@hollandandholland.com <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td width=37%>Subhendu Ghosh <sghosh@sghosh.org> 16/08/2002 18:03 <td width=62%> <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td width=9%> <div align=right>To</div> <td width=90%>Matthew.Quinney@hollandandholland.com <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>cc</div> <td>nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>bcc</div> <td> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>Subject</div> <td>Re: [Nagios-users] Check Ping & RH7.3 - a workaround !!!!</table> </table> <tt>On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 Matthew.Quinney@hollandandholland.com wrote: > Dear All, > > Although I have not fixed it I have found a workaround. > > /bin/ping was set SUID root but it sill didnt work. I could run a ping > from the command line when logged in as the nagios user but not it seems > in combination with the check_ping script as distributed with V1.0b4, the > script said it could not parse the output from ping. there is no check_ping distributed with v1.0b4 only with netsaint-plugins or nagios-plugins nagios-plugins supports the RH7.3 output, netsaint-plugins do not.. -sg > > However with check_fping all seems fine (although I had to set this suid > too). > > I hope this helps others ! > > Thank you all, > > Matthew > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Matthew Quinney > Certified Lotus Specialist > > Network Manager > Holland & Holland Ltd > 31-33 Bruton ST > London > > Tel - 0207 4994411 > email - matthew.quinney@hollandandholland.com > > > > Subhendu Ghosh <sghosh@sghosh.org> > Sent by: nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net > 16/08/2002 17:21 > > To > nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > cc > > bcc > > Subject > Re: [Nagios-users] Check Ping & RH7.3 > > > > I have no problems running ping on RH7.3 > > Is you /bin/ping setuid root? > > -sg > > > On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 Matthew.Quinney@hollandandholland.com wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > It appears it is RH 7.3 problem. I get an error.... > > > > [nagios@Pingu nagios]$ ping 160.5.82.129 > > ping: socket: Operation not permitted > > > > > > I am searching the web now, but has anbody got any ideas ? The file > > permissions are okay. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Matthew > > > > Re: [Nagios-users] Check Ping & RH7.3 > > > > > > > > I just built a new 7.3 server and installed the latest nagios plugins > and > > everything works great. > > > > > > -- > > Marc > > > > Subject: [Nagios-users] Check Ping & RH7.3 > > > > > > Hello All, > > > > I believe that a few people have found that when upgrading to RH 7.3 > they > > are unable to use check_ping. Has anybody found a solution other than > > restoring an old copy of ping ? > > > > Thanks > > > > Matthew > > > > -- _____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by the uuNet Internet Managed Scanning Service - powered by MessageLabs. </tt>