<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: [Nagios-users] Fw: newbie help with status information ping not working???</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  My guess would be that /bin/ping is not executable by the nagios user. Try 'chmod u+s /bin/ping' as root. -- Marc -----Original Message----- From: Matt Pounsett <matt.pounsett@cira.ca> To: Onsite DeTeWe <Onsite.DeTeWe@firstgroup.com> CC: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net <nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Sun Nov 16 12:14:41 2003 Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Fw: newbie help with status information ping not working??? On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Onsite DeTeWe wrote: > I have a problem with the fact that all my hosts say that they are down > and the service for the host (ping) says status unknown. In the status > information column it says '/bin/ping -n -U -c 1 10.234.4.21' for the host > and '/bin/ping -n -U -c 5 10.234.4.21' for the service. The fact that the status information is showing you usage suggests that there is something wrong with your configuration. If you let us know what's in your host and check command objects, someone will probably be able to spot the problem. -- Matt Pounsett CIRA - Canadian Internet Registration Authority Technical Support Programmer 350 Sparks Street, Suite 1110 matt.pounsett@cira.ca Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 613.237.5335 ext. 231 <A HREF="http://www.cira.ca">http://www.cira.ca</A> ------------------------------------------------------- This SF. Net email is sponsored by: GoToMyPC GoToMyPC is the fast, easy and secure way to access your computer from any Web browser or wireless device. Click here to Try it Free! <A HREF="https://www.gotomypc.com/tr/OSDN/AW/Q4_2003/t/g22lp?Target=mm/g22lp.tmpl">https://www.gotomypc.com/tr/OSDN/AW/Q4_2003/t/g22lp?Target=mm/g22lp.tmpl</A> _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net <A HREF="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</A> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null </BODY> </HTML>