<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3243" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>@page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.EmailStyle17 { COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-type: personal-compose } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Does the system in ? have multiple NIC? Are you sure SSH and SMTP are listening on the IP address which you have specified in your command.</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Can you do a telnet test on these ports?</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Can you disable iptables and test</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>telnet <ip address> 25</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>telnet <ip address> 22</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> From: Kaplan, Andrew H. [mailto:AHKAPLAN@PARTNERS.ORG] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 12:29 AM To: Narendran Neelamegam (WT01 - TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES (GS)) Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Problems with two plugins timing out u </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> > Since the command is failing locally on the client in question, this may not be iptable issue.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> > Do you have these plugins in the correct location?<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The location of the plugins is the same as the others: /usr/local/npre/libexec<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> > Do they have required nagios user ownership.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The ownership of the plugins, along with the others is as follows:<o:p></o:p> -rwxr-xr-x 1 nagios nagios 62638 2007-11-28 11:40 check_ssh<o:p></o:p> -rwxr-xr-x 1 nagios nagios 334907 2007-11-28 11:40 check_http<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> > Have you enabled debugging options in nrpe to check?<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I did have debugging turned on via the nrpe.cfg file on the client. However, even after I tried<o:p></o:p> manually running the plugins in question, there was no record of the plugins recorded in<o:p></o:p> the /var/log/messages file on the client, or in a similar file on the server. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> > Please post the command which you are running locally and from Nagios server?<o:p></o:p> The commands that I tried are listed below: <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> -bash-3.2$ ./check_ssh -H <ip address><o:p></o:p> CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 10 seconds<o:p></o:p> -bash-3.2$ ./check_ssh -H <hostname><o:p></o:p> CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 10 seconds<o:p></o:p> -bash-3.2$ ./check_ssh -H <hostname> -p 22<o:p></o:p> CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 10 seconds<o:p></o:p> -bash-3.2$ ./check_ssh -H <ip address> -p 22<o:p></o:p> CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 10 seconds<o:p></o:p> -bash-3.2$ ./check_smtp -H <hostname><o:p></o:p> CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 10 seconds<o:p></o:p> -bash-3.2$ ./check_smtp -H <ip address><o:p></o:p> CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 10 seconds<o:p></o:p> -bash-3.2$ ./check_smtp -H <ip address> -p 25<o:p></o:p> CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 10 seconds<o:p></o:p> -bash-3.2$ ./check_smtp -H <hostname> -p 25<o:p></o:p> CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 10 seconds<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p></DIV><PRE>The information transmitted in this electronic communication is intended only for the person or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this information in error, please contact the Compliance HelpLine at 800-856-1983 and properly dispose of this information. </PRE></BODY></HTML>