Marc, yes, I think you 'hit the nail with my head', I had failed to add the monitoring server's IP address into the /etc/xinetd.d/nrpe file. I think I hear the echo of 'RTFM'.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Powell Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 6:50 AM To: nagios-user Mailinglist Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] NRPE Install Error On Jun 20, 2008, at 7:41 AM, Scott Ackerman wrote: > Okay, now I think I am more confused than when I started. > > When I run '/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H localhost' on the > remote server I get the following: > > 'NRPE v2.12' which is what I would expect > > however when I run '/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H localhost > -n' on the remote server I get the following: > > 'CHECK_NRPE: Error receiving data from the daemon.' I think your core problem is that you're only permitting connections from localhost to talk to the NRPE daemon. -- Marc ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list [email protected] 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list [email protected] 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
