<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16640" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=236465111-20062008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Shankar,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=236465111-20062008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=236465111-20062008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>thanks for the help. The nrpe daemon is running on the remote server. There were no ./configure problems on the remote server, and the only "warning" I received when I ran ./configure on the monitoring host was "checking for Kerberos include files... could not find include files"</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=236465111-20062008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=236465111-20062008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>When I ran telnet from the monitoring host to the server I got the following:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=236465111-20062008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=236465111-20062008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>trying <ip address></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=236465111-20062008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>connected to <ip address></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=236465111-20062008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>escape character is '^}'.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=236465111-20062008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>connection closed by foreign host.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=236465111-20062008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=236465111-20062008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>So it seems as if the ports are opened between the two. Firewall access is allowed between the two (obviously or telnet would not have worked). </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=236465111-20062008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=236465111-20062008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>But I am still stuck in the same spot witht the "CHECK NRPE: Error - Could not complete SSL handshake."</FONT></SPAN></DIV></FONT></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> asam30@gmail.com [mailto:asam30@gmail.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 20, 2008 1:25 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Scott Ackerman<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Nagios-users] NRPE Install Error<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Please make sure ./configure went properly and complied nrpe without any errors. Also check if the nrpe daemon running, ps -ef | grep nrpe or ps -ef | grep 5666</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>from the nagios server, try</DIV> <DIV>telnet <ip-of-the-monitoring-host> 5666</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>you can also check if the firewall access allow between the two servers(nagios and remote host).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Hope this helps</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>-Shankar<BR><BR> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 6/20/08, <B class=gmail_sendername>Scott Ackerman</B> <<A href="mailto:lists@scott-ackerman.com">lists@scott-ackerman.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have successfully installed NRPE on the remote server (FC6 box). I have run the check_nrpe "tests" to verify that everything is working correctly. On the monitoring server however (CentOS 5.1 box) when I run "/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H (IP address of remote server), I get the following error:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2>CHECK_NRPE: Error - Could not complete SSL handshake.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2>the only "negative" reponse that I got when I ran ./configure was "checking for Kerberos include files... could not find include files. Sorry but I am new at this, but I am stumped at this point. The only thing that the documentation says is what to check if you get a "timeout error".</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nagios v 3.02</FONT></SPAN></DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Scott Ackerman</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>1212 Baker Street</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fort Collins, Colorado 80524</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Office - (970) 689-3999</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cell - (970) 231-9035</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fax - (888) 290-2131</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.us-able.com/" target=_blank>www.us-able.com</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. 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