<HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.7600.16671"></HEAD> <BODY style="MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 10pt Segoe UI"> <DIV>Andreas,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> In reply to Christian's question, I installed it from source (and compiled it myself). However, our Nagios systems are all running on Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server (SLES).<BR><BR><BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Jon Adcock</DIV> <DIV>Network Systems Administrator</DIV> <DIV>MIS / Systems Team</DIV> <DIV>Leon County</DIV> <DIV>(850) 606-5500</DIV>>>> Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> 11/23/2010 3:55 AM >>><BR>On 11/23/2010 08:54 AM, Christian Schneemann wrote:<BR>> Hi,<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> On Tuesday, November 23, 2010 01:52:10 Jon Adcock wrote:<BR>>> Can you give me some ideas on where I can start troubleshooting why none<BR>>> of my 3 Nagios servers show when an update is available?<BR>> <BR>> have you installed from source or a package from a distributor?<BR>> <BR>> Suse packages for example have a patch against the calling home function!<BR>> <BR><BR>Most dists do. Since the cgi's and the core are always from the same<BR>version, it's considered a security risk that random people can sniff<BR>the traffic and find out the version.<BR><BR>Given the potential XSRF exploit in cmd.cgi (which was patched one day<BR>after private disclosure) that floated around about a year ago, I can't<BR>say I blame the distros.<BR><BR>Besides. If you've installed from packages once you'll probably want<BR>to keep doing that in the future too, so "check for updates" is<BR>patched out in very nearly all programs that support it when dist<BR>packagers get busy.<BR><BR>-- <BR>Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se<BR>OP5 AB www.op5.se<BR>Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231<BR><BR>Considering the successes of the wars on alcohol, poverty, drugs and<BR>terror, I think we should give some serious thought to declaring war<BR>on peace.<BR><BR>------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500!<BR>Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by<BR>optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the<BR>Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs.<BR><A href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev">http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev</A><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Nagios-users mailing list<BR>Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<BR><A href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</A><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></DIV></BODY></HTML>