Hans / Ryan, Thanks for your input...
I thought the question might arise about "why don't I monitor the server housing the shares"... well, the problem there is the machine is a NetApp device (not running windows and won't allow me to install anything on it of course... it's an appliance). I've tried touching the /root/.smb/smb.conf... the problem is most likely related to the nagios user can't even see inside /root. I like your idea of mapping the drives under the nagios user and then running the service as the nagios user... I'll give that a shot. On a side note, I did try getting the nrpe checks to work on the windows server but am getting the following error: "CScript Error: Execution of the Windows Script Host failed. (Catastrophic failure)" A little research shows it is most likely related to a software security policy in place. Anyone on this list know what I need to change? Thanks again for all your help. Josh --- Hans Engelen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dangit replied privately and not to the list, anyway > heres a forward. > > Also just checked the /root/.smb/smb.conf reference > is actually a workaround > for a problem with samba's libsmbclient in the perl > module > Filesys::SmbClient (used by check_smb_shares.pl). > Aparantly libsmbclient > segfaults if it does not exist. Therefor if it does > not exist the perl > module Filesys::SmbClient tries to make one (an > empty one) but has no > permission to do so from what you wrote. I supose > you could make it yourself > (touch /root/.smb/smb.conf; chmod og+r > /root/.smb/smb.conf). Maybe that will > solve your issues with that particular check > allowing you to use it to > monitor the remote shares you spoke of > > Cheers, > Hans > > > On 2/27/06, Hans Engelen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > For mapped drives that is quite normal since > mapped drives are, barring a > > small number of special cases, only accessible for > the user that did the > > actual mapping. It's the same problem you get for > other NT services trying > > to access a drive mapping made from another user. > Also most likely your > > pNSClient (or NC_Net or NSClient++) or whatever > agent you have running on > > the Windows box is running under the System > security setting. This security > > context is only valid for that windows box > internally and as such has no > > credentials to access anything beyond that > machine. This includes (but is > > not limited to) shares. > > > > Theoretically you could of course run your Nagios > Agent under an actual > > user account, log in interactively on that same > account and create a > > persistent mapping (net use * \\server\share > /persist:yes, if memory serves) > > to the shares in question. Since the service will > use the same profile when > > logging in that should solve the issue. But why > even monitor a remote disk > > in this way. Just install the Nagios Agent on the > server that houses the > > share and monitor it directly instead of > indirectly (with all the quirks and > > pitfalls that come with it). > > > > Of course in this case the check_smb_shares is a > solution too. As to why > > it insists on writing to /root/.smb/smb.conf is a > bit strange. Possibly this > > was defined somewhere in the check_smb_shares.pl > file. Open it up in a text > > editor and see. > > > > Cheers, > > Hans > > Cheers, > > Hans > > > > On 2/27/06, Ryan Wilcox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > yeah... i got the same error as you did with a > mapped drive. we aren't > > > monitoring any mapped drives right now, hence > the confusion. > > > > > > not sure about the mapped drives... anyone else > have an idea for josh? > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > >> From: Josh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 11:38 AM > > > >> To: Ryan Wilcox; > nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > >> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Monitor > Fileserver > > > >> > > > >> Hmm... Got it working for local drives on > the windows > > > >> box but I get an "Invalid drive" error from > the > > > >> check_nt script when I check a drive that is > mapped. > > > >> Any way to check networked drives on that > windows box? > > > >> Or will I have to go with nrpe checks for > that? > > > >> > > > >> --- Ryan Wilcox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > actually i am using check_nt right from the > nagios > > > >> > (fedora core 4) box. > > > >> > > > > >> > ./check_nt -H 10.0.0.32 -v USEDDISKSPACE > -lc -w 75 > > > >> > -c 90 > > > >> > > > > >> > output looks like: > > > >> > > > > >> > c:\ - total: 74.52 Gb - used: 52.98 Gb > (71%) - free > > > >> > 21.54 Gb (29%) | > > > >> > 'c:\ Used > Space'=52.98Gb;55.89;67.07;0.00;74.52 > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > > > >> > >> From: Josh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >> > >> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 10:57 AM > > > >> > >> To: Ryan Wilcox; > > > >> > nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > >> > >> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Monitor > Fileserver > > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> I'm assuming you are using NRPE and > executing the > > > >> > >> check_nt_disk from a windows machine... > I might > > > >> > end > > > >> > >> up doing that. > > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> I was attempting to use smb checks > directly from > > > >> > the > > > >> > >> linux box running Nagios. > > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> --- Ryan Wilcox < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > > > >> > >> > >> From: > > > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >> > >> > [mailto:nagios-users- > > > >> > >> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > > > >> > Josh > > > >> > >> > >> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 > 10:19 AM > > > >> > >> > >> To: > nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > >> > >> > >> Subject: [Nagios-users] Monitor > Fileserver > > > >> > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > >> Does anyone have any suggestions as > to how > > > >> > to > > > >> > >> > monitor > > > >> > >> > >> network drive (fileserver) status > from > > > >> > Nagios? > > > >> > >> > I'm > > > >> > >> > >> trying to get the > check_smb_shares.pl (from > > > >> > >> > >> nagiosexchange.org) but keep > getting the > > > >> > >> > following > > > >> > >> > >> error when Nagios executes the > check: > > > >> > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > >> **ePN 'check_smb_shares.pl' Can't > create > > > >> > >> > >> /root/.smb/smb.conf : Permission > denied > > > >> > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > >> Not sure why when the Nagios binary > executes > > > >> > the > > > >> > >> > >> script it wants to use /root/ > (Nagios runs > > > >> > as the > > > >> > >> > user > > > >> > >> > >> nagios). > > > >> > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > >> Any other suggestions on monitoring > network > > > >> > >> > drives? > > > >> > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > >> > > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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