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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=507260200-20122006>I would say that you need to use inetd, OR an init.d
script, but not both. If you try to then you'll get errors when they try
and start up.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=507260200-20122006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=507260200-20122006>Your 'unable to read output' error seems to indicate
that you have a timeout. I don't know what plugin you are attempting to
run remotely, but check to make sure that the timeout on check_nrpe (A), on the
nrpe.cfg file (B) and for the remotely run plugin (C) are set as
C<B<A. Your error message seems to be timeout A.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=507260200-20122006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=507260200-20122006>Another possibility is that your check_nrpe is running
in non-ssl mode, but your nrpe daemon is running in SSL mode... I notice
that you have given the -n option (non-SSL) in your init.d definition, but not
in your inetd.conf definition! Are you using -n in your check_nrpe?
Pick one and use it throughout...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=507260200-20122006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=507260200-20122006>Steve</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>--<BR>Steve Shipway<BR>ITSS, University of Auckland<BR>(09)
3737 599 x 86487<BR>s.shipway@auckland.ac.nz<BR><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>