[Nagiosplug-help] check_nrpe and syslog error Host <ip> is not allowed to talk to us!

[Shawn McCool]

If it was in my iptables then i'd not get an error in /var/log/messages.
I've checked hosts.allow and hosts.deny which is why i'm so puzzled.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Lambooy" <patrick at narmida.com>
To: "'Shawn McCool'" <smccool at ascendantmedia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 10:34 AM
Subject: RE: [Nagiosplug-help] check_nrpe and syslog error Host <ip> is not
allowed to talk to us!


> Look in your host.allow and deny or your ipttables
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagiosplug-help-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:nagiosplug-help-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Shawn
> McCool
> Sent: maandag 14 april 2003 23:50
> To: Brak
> Cc: nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Nagiosplug-help] check_nrpe and syslog error Host <ip> is
> not allowed to talk to us!
>
> Yes, they both have multiple interfaces the client and server.  I am
> running
> the server via inetd, so i figured that didn't really matter.  This is
> the
> case on many of my other machines as well.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brak" <brak at x.interzone.org>
> To: "Shawn McCool" <smccool at ascendantmedia.com>
> Cc: "Mahmood Zia Khan" <mziakhan2 at yahoo.com>;
> <nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 3:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nagiosplug-help] check_nrpe and syslog error Host <ip> is
> not
> allowed to talk to us!
>
>
> >
> > Wild shot in the dark.
> >
> > 1) run tcpdump on the host listening for anything on the nrpe port
> >
> > Does the host running check_nrpe have 2 interfaces?
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Shawn McCool wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, this error is located in the /var/log/messages file on the
> remote
> host.  The 'nrpe' daemon was the one that logged the event.
> > >   ----- Original Message -----
> > >   From: Mahmood Zia Khan
> > >   To: Shawn McCool
> > >   Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 3:06 PM
> > >   Subject: Re: [Nagiosplug-help] check_nrpe and syslog error Host
> <ip>
> is not allowed to talk to us!
> > >
> > >
> > >   Is your nrpe deamon running on the remote host?
> > >
> > >   Shawn McCool <smccool at ascendantmedia.com> wrote:
> > >     I've got NRPE set up on about 25 of my machines without
> incident.
> However on 1 of them i get this error in messages
> > >
> > >     Apr 14 14:12:29 hostname nrpe[6642]: Host ip is not allowed to
> talk
> to us!
> > >
> > >     I've looked all over and can't figure out what the issue is.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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