* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-01-02 21:56]: > > On Jan 2, 2008, at 3:34 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I want to do some checks on a remote host using check_by_ssh. Although > >> user nagios can ssh to that host without being asked for a password > >> the webinterface of my nagios is telling me: > >> > >> Unknown > >> Remote command execution failed: Permission denied > >> (publickey,keyboard-interactive) > >> > >> If I run nagios in the foreground I get prompts for password. > >> > >> Any idea what I might have missed? > > > > Are you using the exact same hostname/IP address for your command line > > test as the nagios user that you have in your configuration? > > Yes, I think so.
"I think so" doesn't sound very convincing :-) Anyway, there's no ssh-agent(1) involved? Does it work on the command line if you use "env -i /path/to/check_by_ssh [...]"? Holger ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ 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