<html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> This config works on my box (RHEL3.0U2): % cat /etc/xinetd.d/nrpe # default: on # description: The rshd server is the server for the rcmd(3) routine and, \ # consequently, for the rsh(1) program. The server provides \ # remote execution facilities with authentication based on \ # privileged port numbers from trusted hosts. service nrpe { flags = REUSE disable = no socket_type = stream wait = no user = nagios log_on_failure += USERID server = /apps/nagios/nrpe/nrpe server_args = -c /db/sysadmin/nagios/nrpe.cfg --inetd } Regards, <div> Vincent Alloo TI France Design Systems Operations Manager Europe, Middle East and Africa IT Services Texas Instruments France E-Mail: <a href="mailto:v-alloo@ti.com">v-alloo@ti.com</a> Phone: +33 4 93 22 26 97 Mobile: +33 6 82 13 00 80 </div> <div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0mm 0mm 0mm 4.0pt'> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Matt Wells Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 12:38 AM To: Jonathan Carpenter; Nagios-Users-List Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] NRPE </div> I never got it working in xinet.d I ended up just tossing it in as a daemon because it was so much easier. /usr/local/nagios/nrpe -c /usr/local/nagios/nrpe.cfg -d I'm still getting the error for SSL though.. can not complete handshake. ----- Original Message ----- Subject: [Nagios-users] NRPE From: Jonathan Carpenter <jonathan.carpenter@gmail.com> To: "Nagios-Users-List" <nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Date: 17-09-2005 13:26 <div> I have installed nagios and configured nagios on one server to monitor several servers with the check_ping plugin. Everything works great now I have installed NRPE on one of the remote servers running Fedora 4. I have edited /etc/services and added the following </div> <div> </div> <div> nrpe 5666/tcp # NRPE </div> <div> </div> <div> and created a file in /etc/xinetd.d/ called nrpe the contents in it are </div> <div> </div> <div> # default: on # description: NRPE service nrpe { flags = REUSE socket_type = stream wait = no user = nagios server = /home/nagios/nrpe server_args = -c /home/nagios/nrpe --inetd log_on_failure += USERID disable = no only_from = <a href="http://1.2.3.4"> 1.2.3.4</a> <-- ip to nagios server } </div> <div> When I run /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart I get these errors in /var/log/messages </div> <div> Sep 17 02:56:19 db1 xinetd: xinetd startup succeeded Sep 17 02:56:19 db1 xinetd[18797]: bind failed (Address already in use (errno = 98)). service = nrpe Sep 17 02:56:19 db1 xinetd[18797]: Service nrpe failed to start and is deactivated. Sep 17 02:56:19 db1 xinetd[18797]: xinetd Version 2.3.13 started with libwrap loadavg options compiled in. Sep 17 02:56:19 db1 xinetd[18797]: Started working: 0 available services </div> <div> Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- Jonathan Carpenter </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>