[Nagiosplug-help] Plugins provide wrong results

[Karl DeBisschop]

On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 12:50:58 +0100
"Sand Philipp" <Philipp.Sand at sycor.de> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I've got a general Problem with some plugins like check_users or
> check_load, which are included in the nagiosplug package. I wanted to
> check a few linux boxes, but i only get the results from 1 Server.
> E.G. on the Server 4 useres are logged in and it got an average load
> of 0.5. On the other Server 1 User is logged in and it got an avg.
> Load of 0.04. I'm trying to check both servers with check_load and
> check_users. On the Nagios Web interface i see both services running
> properly on both pcs, but the results are the same. So on PC1 it shows
> a load of 0.5 and 4 Users logged in and on PC2 it showas the same
> results as PC1 even though there is 1 User logged in and it got a load
> of 0.04 ??? Do I need a Client installed on the System itself? 

yes - check_snmp, check_by_ssh, nrpe are a few options

> Do I need special Users on the PCs?

no, just the right software.

> Here are my cfgs:
> 
...
>         check_command                   check_local_users!75!150
...               
>         check_local_load!1.00,1.25,1.50!2.00,2.00,2.00}

not surprisingly, commands called check_local_xxx are by convention
local checks only - they only work on the local nagios server and some
glue is require to run the equivalent commands on a remote server.

--
Karl