Andreas Ericsson wrote: > J. Bakshi wrote: >> Dear list, >> >> I'm fade up to change the *allow_host* parameter of nrpe.cfg at the >> remote server. >> The problem is due to IP change at my local PC where nagios is running >> and monitoring the remote nrpe. >> Because of the IP change I have to modify the *allow_host* parameter of >> nrpe.cfg at the remote server >> every time. Is there any solution to overcome this ? > > Patch nrpe to allow dns name lookups in the "allowed_hosts" field and use > that instead of ip addresses.
Thanks a lot Andreas for your suggestion. But my local PC has no domain. Thanks a lot for the solution instead > >> MAC address based >> authentication rather than >> alow_host ? > > MAC addresses are only available in the ARP protocol, so no luck there > I'm afraid. > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joydeep Bakshi, Linux System Admin Kolkatainfoservices Pvt Ltd, 23A Royd Street, Kolkata 700016, India Work Phone 91 033 40014784 http://infoservices.in/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ 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