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Error: Unexpected token or statement in file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/command.cfg' on line 33.<BR>
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On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 12:09, Skip Montanaro wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373" SIZE="3"><I> william> Running the preflight check, with nagios v1.1, I get an error
william> from line 33 in command.cfg:
What's the error message ?
william> Line 33 is:
william> command[notify-by-email]=/bin/printf "$OUTPUT$" | /bin/mail -s
william> '$SERVICESTATE$ alert for $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$' $CONTACTEMAIL$
Maybe you need /usr/bin/printf and /usr/bin/mail?
william> I have qmail running on this host (RH v8), so my question is
william> what is the syntax for sending this notify to qmail. I have
william> tried /usr/sbin/sendmail -> /var/qmail/bin/sendmail, but then
william> it does not like the -s switch.
I really doubt you'll need to resort to calling qmail or sendmail to get
this to work on a RedHat system. You almost certainly have /bin/mail and
/bin/printf (my Mac has both, but in /usr/bin) or can get them from an rpm.
That would be easier than calling sendmail or qmail-faking-sendmail
directly. If you can't manage to find and/or install /bin/mail, note that
sendmail expects an rfc-2?822 message on stdin. As a first guess I'd try
something like
/bin/printf "To: $CONTACTEMAIL$\nSubject: $SERVICESTATE$ alert for $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$\n\n$OUTPUT$" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -odb
but that's just a guess. In any case, I doubt the preflight check is
actually trying (and failing) to execute the /bin/mail and /bin/printf. I
suspect your problem lies elsewhere.</I></FONT></PRE>
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