<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"> <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Hi<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> All my notifications are failing - no emails are being generated. Can someone confirm that it is the nagios user which sends the emails and not root. If this is the case then I seem to have created a file permissions problem on the system somehow and the nagios user cannot send mail. (This used to work until I installed php5-cli and ran a notifications script I picked up on exchange.nagios.org). <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Although it is not really a nagios issue if anyone knows what the temporary file is that it is trying to open - see below - please let me know. (The same issue occurs for other non-root users sending mail).<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thanks.<o:p></o:p> Ewan<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> # id<o:p></o:p> uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)<o:p></o:p> # /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios *****\nNotification " | /usr/bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ Service Alert: $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **" ewscott@scotborders.gov.uk<o:p></o:p> # ### This has sent mail successfully.<o:p></o:p> # <o:p></o:p> # su - nagios<o:p></o:p> $ /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios *****\nNotification " | /usr/bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ Service Alert: $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **" ewscott@scotborders.gov.uk<o:p></o:p> mail: Cannot open temporary file: Permission denied<o:p></o:p> Cannot open temporary file<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> System info:<o:p></o:p> # uname -a <o:p></o:p> Linux sbc-nagios-01 2.6.31-20-server #58-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 12 05:40:05 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux<o:p></o:p> # ### nagios 3.2.0<o:p></o:p> # dpkg --list | egrep mailutil <o:p></o:p> ii libmailutils2 1:2.0+dfsg1-2 GNU Mail abstraction library<o:p></o:p> ii mailutils 1:2.0+dfsg1-2 GNU mailutils utilities for handling mail<o:p></o:p> #<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Ewan Scott<o:p></o:p> Technical Officer<o:p></o:p> Servers and Storage<o:p></o:p> Business & Technology Solutions<o:p></o:p> Scottish Borders Council<o:p></o:p> Council Headquarters<o:p></o:p> Newtown St Boswells<o:p></o:p> Melrose<o:p></o:p> TD6 0SA<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> 01835 824000 ext 5374<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <a href="mailto:ewscott@scotborders.gov.uk" title="mailto:mhumble@scotborders.gov.uk">ewscott@scotborders.gov.uk</a><o:p></o:p> <a href="blocked::http://www.scotborders.gov.uk /" title="http://www.scotborders.gov.uk /">http://www.scotborders.gov.uk </a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are privileged, confidential and subject to copyright. Any unauthorised use or disclosure of any part of this email is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient please inform the sender immediately; you should then delete the email and remove any copies from your system. The views or opinions expressed in this communication may not necessarily be those of Scottish Borders Council. Please be advised that Scottish Borders Council's incoming and outgoing email is subject to regular monitoring and any email may require to be disclosed by the Council under the provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. ********************************************************************** </body> </html>