Hello Paul check_nrpe will running as nagios user. To check the mailq you need to be root.
add this line with visudo: nagios ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_mailq I'm running on Fedoracore4 Good luck Sjaak Paul Houselander wrote: >Hi > >Ive just started using nagios and have it set up on a Cent 0S 4.3 box. > >Seems to be working ok but ive ran into a problem where I want to check the >size of the mail queue on another server. Ive installed nrpe on the remote >server and checked its working by running on the nagios server:- > >/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nrpe -H remote_server_name -c check_load > >I get back the load average from the remote machine. > >If I run > >/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nrpe -H remote_server_name -c check_mailq > >I always get back > >OK: mailq is empty > >Ive installed the plugin on the remote server and if I run locally I get > >/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_mailq -w 100 -c 200 >CRITICAL: mailq is 221 (threshold c = 200)|unsent=221;100;200;0 > >So I know the plugin is working. If I do check_mailq -h it mentions >something about the mailq command can only be accessed by root or a >TrustedUser - nrpe is running as nagios - does anyone know what I need to do >to the mailq command to allow it to work? I tried added nagios to the >/etc/mail/trusted-users file but this doesnt seem to have done the trick. > >Any help appreciated. > >Kind regards > >Paul > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? >Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier >Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo >http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&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