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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Steve F.,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Try `touch .hushlogin` as the nagios user, in its homedir, on
the target host. That *<b>should</b>* cause ssh to suppress any remote-side
banner/motd from being displayed in-session.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I learned that one a few years ago, when automating some
business logic, to reduce the amount of logging taking place. It should suit
your purposes here (if it is, in fact, that extra line of text that’s throwing
off the check).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> steve f [mailto:a31modela@hotmail.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> July-13-10 18:34<br>
<b>To:</b> nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nagios-users] Going Nuts trying to get check_by_ssh to
work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>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>
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