I would use the existing remote plugin execution facilities of NRPE with a custom plugin to verify the id. Pseudo code for a "check_valid_uid" would be:
valid_id=1 UID=$ARG1 grep $UID /etc/passwd if return_code=0 then valid_id=0 print "User $UID is valid" else print "User $UID is not valid" fi return valid_id There are probably more thorough ways of validing that the id will work than just verifying existence in the /etc/passwd file, but you get the idea. Regards, Greg >Message: 6 >From: jeff vier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: nagios-users <nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 08:56:46 -0600 >Subject: [Nagios-users] check_ssh_login ? >--=-V2oL6qqSss3ngPlX8Yvy >Content-Type: text/plain >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >I need to check if I can log into a specific account on a system via SSH, but >due to >the nature of the system (tunneled to a serial console), I am unable >to set up a key >pair. > >check_ssh only verifies that the system is answering to SSH requests (which >doesn't >help me, the serial console host almost certainly responds). > >check_by_ssh is *close*, but provides no method of passing a password via the >command >line (which, yes, is a ghetto method of doing things, but you would >still have to >know the login to the system, and it *is different*), and it >requires a remote >command to execute. >So, before I delve into hacking this functionality into check_by_ssh, does >anyone >have a solution with existing tools? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
