<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-15" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> go read the nagios docs, all of them before trying to run nagios. it is a lot of work and you'll never get it right until you've read the whole thing at least twice. your path to your plugin is probably wrong, this is a resource you define. You should be able to easily see what is wrong when you read the doc. -h <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Hari Sekhon </pre> edalB wrote: <blockquote cite="mideb0757130701050554m23ab8182l28544e9119d48272@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Ok now that I got hold of the check_dns plugin now in my log files I get the error Jan 5 15:54:17 nagios-0 nagios: Warning: Return code of 126 for check of service 'DNS' on host 'dns-0.rba.ispafrica.net' was out of bounds. Make sure the plugin you're trying to run actually exists. Jan 5 15:54:17 nagios-0 nagios: SERVICE ALERT: dns-0.rba.ispafrica.net;DNS;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;(Return code of 126 is out of bounds - plugin may be missing) Thanks sofar On 1/5/07, Az <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:az@whoever.org"><az@whoever.org></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">edalB wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Why does it look like that nagios does not have a check_dns command? I need to beable to check DNS aswell. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">The nagios-plugins bundle from SF has... check_dns (nagios-plugins 1.4.5) 1.54 Copyright (c) 1999 Ethan Galstad <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nagios@nagios.org"><nagios@nagios.org></a> Copyright (c) 2000-2006 Nagios Plugin Development Team <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nagiosplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net"><nagiosplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net></a> This plugin uses the nslookup program to obtain the IP address for the given host/domain query. An optional DNS server to use may be specified. If no DNS server is specified, the default server(s) specified in /etc/resolv.conf will be used. ...and... check_dig (nagios-plugins 1.4.5) 1.45 Copyright (c) 2000 Karl DeBisschop <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kdebisschop@users.sourceforge.net"><kdebisschop@users.sourceforge.net></a> Copyright (c) 2002-2006 Nagios Plugin Development Team <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nagiosplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net"><nagiosplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net></a> This plugin test the DNS service on the specified host using dig </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV">http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV</a> _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" 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 </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>