I am embarrassed. I was not giving the correct path in the nrpe_local.cfg file, which I did not realize until looking at the output in the log file, as per Mr. Spatz's suggestion. I must have looked at this config file 100 times without noticing. It's even in my first email: "/usr/nagios/plugins" in the check_foo definition should be "/usr/lib/nagios/plugins". After making this change, it works fine.<br>
<br>I apologize for taking up so many people's time. <br><br>-Arthur<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Peter Spatz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:peter.spatz@xchanging.com" target="_blank">peter.spatz@xchanging.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Activate debug mode in nrpe.cfg an have a look on your syslog what's happening when the check is called.
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<br><b>Gesendet</b>: Thu Aug 12 19:37:17 2010<br><b>Betreff</b>: Re: [Nagiosplug-help] Problem with NRPE and check_procs with -C or-a usage
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Thanks for the reply. Yes, many times.<br><br>-Arthur<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Michael Saldivar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike.saldivar@advocatecreditrepair.com" target="_blank">mike.saldivar@advocatecreditrepair.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Arthur Franke <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arthurjfranke@gmail.com" target="_blank">arthurjfranke@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hi all,<div><br><br>I'm trying to check for the presence of a particular process on a remove machine using NRPE and check_procs with a -a or -C argument. I have defined on the remote machine's nrpe_local.cfg:<br>
<br>command[check_foo]=/usr/nagios/plugins/check_procs -c 1:1 -C foo<br><br>Running a similar command locally on that machine works fine:<br><br>$ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_procs -c 1:1 -C foo<br>PROCS OK: 1 process with command name 'foo'<br>
<br>But when I try to run the command from the Nagios server, I get the following result:<br><br>$ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nrpe -H remote.host -c check_foo<br>NRPE: Unable to read output<br><br>Whereas other monitored services work fine:<br>
$ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nrpe -H remote.host -c check_procs<br>PROCS OK: 97 processes<br></div></blockquote><div><br><br> Just to be certain, did you restart the nrpe daemon on remote.host after modifying its nrpe.cfg file?<br>
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