<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.5.7638.1"> <TITLE>RE: [Nagios-users] check_rpc returns Unknown "Program -H is notdefined"</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  If you look at the Perl code (at least for the latest version of the plugin), that error message can only result when the code thinks that -H is being passed as an argument (not a switch), or as the argument to -C. I tried various broken invocations to reproduce your problem, but I couldn't. Are you using the latest version of the plugin? My version: check_rpc (nagios-plugins 1.4.2) 1.8 It's extremely frustrating that there's no simple way to view the exact command being invoked by nagios. It would seem likely that there's a spurious character or something else weird about the way it's being invoked. -John -----Original Message----- From: nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net on behalf of Scott Dungan Sent: Sat 7/8/2006 12:08 PM To: Hugo van der Kooij Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] check_rpc returns Unknown "Program -H is notdefined" Hugo van der Kooij wrote: >On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Scott Dungan wrote: > > > >>I am having a problem with the check_rpc command and I am hoping >>someone can point out where I am going wrong. >> >>when I run the following from the terminal: >> >> sh-3.00$ ./check_rpc -H 131.215.64.60 nfs -c 4 >> >>I get this: >> >> OK: RPC program nfs version 4 udp running >> >> > >The important question is: Who are you at this point? user 'scott', user >'root' or user 'nagios'? > > > I am running the command line test as the user nagios just like all of the other check command tests. >>I have created the following in checkcommands.cfg: >> >> # 'check_rpc' command definition >> define command{ >> command_name check_rpc >> command_line $USER1$/check_rpc -H $HOSTADDRESS$ nfs -c 4 >> } >> >> > >Here you run with a full path and you did not do so in the manual test. So >your current work directory is also a relevant factor. > > > The working directory for "check_rpc" is the same as all of the other check commands. The error would indicate that the command is actually executing, yet it somehow does not know what to do with the -H switch when run by nagios per the services.cfg configuration. Thanks, Scott. Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo <A HREF="http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642">http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642</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>