<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><style></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1>You are correct the –c is a another type o.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Version of check_snmp I am running<o:p></o:p>check_snmp v1.4.16 (nagios-plugins 1.4.16)<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>I downloaded and compiled the latest version Friday, 1.4.16, I was using 1.4.11.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Copy and pasted the entire output from ps –aux | grep snmp<o:p></o:p>root 1961 0.0 0.0 9448 652 tty1 S+ 06:42 0:00 ./check_snmp -H 192.168.98.1 -C PPGI -o iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0 -P2c<o:p></o:p>root 1962 0.0 0.0 15356 2096 tty1 S+ 06:42 0:00 /usr/bin/snmpget -t 1 -r 5 -m ALL -v 2c -c 192.168.98.1:161 iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>How does check_snmp pass this parameter? <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'>From: Ham, Gerrit van IA60 [mailto:g.van.ham@nijmegen.nl] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 3:08 AM To: Nagios Plugin Help List Subject: Re: [Nagiosplug-help] check_snmp hangs<o:p></o:p></div></div><o:p> </o:p>Hello Brian,<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>I guess the ‘-c’ instead of ‘-C’ to specify the community string is also a typo. If I specify this incorrectly I get an error message:<o:p></o:p>./check_snmp -H testserver -o iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0 -c public -P2c<o:p></o:p>check_snmp: Invalid critical threshold: %s<o:p></o:p>- public<o:p></o:p>Usage:check_snmp -H <ip_address> -o <OID> [-w warn_range] [-c crit_range]<o:p></o:p>[-C community] [-s string] [-r regex] [-R regexi] [-t timeout] [-e retries]<o:p></o:p>[-l label] [-u units] [-p port-number] [-d delimiter] [-D output-delimiter]<o:p></o:p>[-m miblist] [-P snmp version] [-L seclevel] [-U secname] [-a authproto]<o:p></o:p>[-A authpasswd] [-X privpasswd]<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Which version of check_snmp are you using? I have 1.72 on RHEL6 and RHEL5.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>./check_snmp -V<o:p></o:p>check_snmp (nagios-plugins 1.4.9) 1.72<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Maybe download and compile check_snmp?<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Gerrit van Ham<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'>Van: Broughton, Brian [<a href="mailto:Brian.Broughton@PPHeartland.org">mailto:Brian.Broughton@PPHeartland.org</a>] Verzonden: Thursday, November 29, 2012 4:24 PM Aan: 'Nagios Plugin Help List' Onderwerp: Re: [Nagiosplug-help] check_snmp hangs<o:p></o:p></div></div><o:p> </o:p>The –p2c is a typo on my part I am using –P2c.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'>From: Ham, Gerrit van IA60 [<a href="mailto:g.van.ham@nijmegen.nl">mailto:g.van.ham@nijmegen.nl</a>] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 8:55 AM To: Nagios Plugin Help List Subject: Re: [Nagiosplug-help] check_snmp hangs<o:p></o:p></div></div><o:p> </o:p>Hello Brian,<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>I think you have to replace ‘-p2c’ by ‘-P2c’. <o:p></o:p>The –p option is used to specify a port,<o:p></o:p>-P is used to specify the SNMP protocol.<o:p></o:p>Run check_snmp --help for more information.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Gerrit van Ham<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'>Van: Broughton, Brian [<a href="mailto:Brian.Broughton@PPHeartland.org">mailto:Brian.Broughton@PPHeartland.org</a>] Verzonden: Thursday, November 29, 2012 3:34 PM Aan: 'nagiosplug-help@lists.sourceforge.net' Onderwerp: [Nagiosplug-help] check_snmp hangs<o:p></o:p></div></div><o:p> </o:p>I originally posted this issue to Nagios forums but was directed to present this issue to developers of the plugin, see below.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Issue Under Host Groups I have the following problem, the uptime on the router is listed as critical, (Service Check Timed Out) <o:p></o:p> Log file has the following entry Warning: <o:p></o:p>Attempting to execute the command "/usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios *****\n\nNotification Type: PROBLEM\n\nService: Uptime\nHost: RD Cisco 8818\nAddress: 192.168.xxx.xxx\nState: CRITICAL\n\nDate/Time: Wed Nov 28 12:49:00 CST 2012\n\nAdditional Info:\n\n(Service Check Timed Out)\n" When I manually run check_snmp it hangs. /usr/local/nagios/libexec# ./check_snmp -H 192.168.xxx.xxx -o iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0 -c comname -p2c<o:p></o:p>While check_snmp is running I ran: <o:p></o:p>ps -aux | grep snmp <o:p></o:p>I get the following output; /usr/bin/snmpget -t 1 -r 5 -m ALL -v 2c -c 192.168.xxx.xxx:161 iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0 When I manually run snmpget it will return; snmpget -t 1 -r 5 -m ALL -v 2c -c comname 192.168.xxx.xxx:161 iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0 iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0 = Timeticks: (406909583) 47 days, 2:18:15.83 The community name is not being passed, is this normal? I have the proper community name listed in switch.cfg, not sure what else I can do. <o:p></o:p>This is my first pass at setting up and using nagios. 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