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If I remember, that line is in the sshd.config for the auth users banner. I should be able to comment it out to test it.<br><br>Didn't think about that... I'll dial in when I get home & try it..<br><br>Thanks Benny for the info,<br>Steve<br><br>> Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:22:35 -0500<br>> From: benny@bennyvision.com<br>> To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<br>> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Going Nuts trying to get check_by_ssh to work<br>> <br>> <br>> > I also tried this as well from the server , which does work....<br>> ><br>> > ssh 172.xx.xx.xx /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_users -w 5 -c 8<br>> ><br>> > Authorized users only.<br>> ><br>> > USERS OK - 0 users currently logged in |users=0;5;8;0<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > This tells me that<br>> > 1. ssh as Nagios works<br>> > 2. the check_users script runs on the remote client fine<br>> > 3. 2 - way communication is good between the client & sever as I got the<br>> > response back<br>> ><br>> > I am thinking there has to be something funky in the check_by_ssh script.<br>> > Sound right ??<br>> <br>> Waitaminute... Where did that "Authorized users only" part come<br>> from?<br>> <br>> Nagios expects a single line of text, and SSH commands typically<br>> don't display banners (in my experience). Is that a banner that<br>> appears from the remote host? I wonder if that is confusing<br>> things. Can it be temporarily disabled to see if it changes the<br>> behavior?<br>> <br>> Benny<br>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> "Well, we *could* hunt down the perpetrators, pool some $$, and<br>> hire 3 or 4 baseball-bat wielding professional explainers to go<br>> explain our position to them. Figuring out how to do so without<br>> breaking any laws is the tough part..."<br>> -- Valdis Kletnieks, 2009-01-23<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint<br>> What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone?<br>> Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Nagios-users mailing list<br>> Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<br>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users<br>> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. <br>> ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null<br> <br /><hr />The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. <a href='http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5' target='_new'>Get busy.</a></body>
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