Without knowing the details, wouldn't it be easy enough to use cron to run the commands, and use check_log to parse the local file created? Or, depending on the parsing logic you require, use the exit codes of a custom plugin script to shoot back to nagios. There is information on plugin development at <a href="http://nagiosplug.sourceforge.net/developer-guidelines.html">http://nagiosplug.sourceforge.net/developer-guidelines.html</a> that pointed me in the right direction for custom stuff. -Marc <div> On 3/27/07, Robert Finney <<a href="mailto:rfinney@co.jefferson.co.us">rfinney@co.jefferson.co.us</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> List, I'm working with a developer to put together a plugin that when executed will login to a host, run a series of commands, and write the output to a local file. My question is how to set up Nagios to read the local file and update nagios appropriately. We are using Nagios 2.6, plugin version 1.4.5, OS is Linux Redhat 4. Thanks in advance for your help. Bob ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash <a href="http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV"> http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV</a> _______________________________________________ Nagiosplug-help mailing list <a href="mailto:Nagiosplug-help@lists.sourceforge.net"> Nagiosplug-help@lists.sourceforge.net</a> <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagiosplug-help">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagiosplug-help</a> ::: Please include plugins version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null </blockquote></div>