Hey Frederik, thanks for the tips i'll have a look. <div>2006/2/2, Frederik Vanhee <<a href="mailto:frederik.vanhee@perso.be">frederik.vanhee@perso.be</a>>:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hello Toto, jabber is really easy to set up. I followed these instructions : <a href="http://linuxgazette.net/112/tomar.html">http://linuxgazette.net/112/tomar.html</a> The jabber server was running within an hour. I use the notification script of David Cox, that I found on Nagiosexchange. On the PC-side, I use GAIM to read the messages. My end-users are very happy with that solution. Frederik Toto Capuccino wrote: > i wanted to avoid the winpopup too, not very user-friendly. Is Jabber > solution easy to implement ? > > 2006/2/1, Frederik Vanhee <<a href="mailto:frederik.vanhee@perso.be">frederik.vanhee@perso.be </a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:frederik.vanhee@perso.be">frederik.vanhee@perso.be</a>>>: > > Toto Capuccino wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Does anybody got popup notifications working ? > > > Works like a charm ! use this as your notify-command, or tune to your > needs.... > However I switched to jabber-notification (instant messaging) > because of > the rather 'aggressive' popups. > > # 'notify-by-smbclient' command definition > define command{ > command_name notify-by-smbclient > command_line /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** NAGIOS ***** > automatically generated POP-UP \n\n Notification Type: > $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nHost: $HOSTNAME$ ($HOSTALIAS$) \nAddress: > $HOSTADDRESS$\nService: $SERVICEDESC$\nState: > $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n\nAdditional > Info:\n\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$" | /usr/bin/smbclient -M $CONTACTADDRESS1$ -I > $CONTACTADDRESS2$ > } > > where CONTACTADDRESS1 = the pc name > and CONTACTADDRESS2 = the pc's ip-address > > Good luck ! > > Frederik > > </blockquote></div>