Hi Palle, I gather that SNMP is not installed and/or not running? > The general requirements:
> - Cannot install anything on the system - it's a validated production > system. OK, no problem. > - It runs a SSH server daemon that we'd like to monitor. To monitor the disk usage, run "ssh <server> df -kP" (assuming passwordless login is set up), and process the output on the nagios server itself. Similar, for other commands. > - What I'd like to see is some way to have it connect to the specified > port, read the banner and then just abort the connection. The purpose > of this is that perhaps the Nagios system could read the banner response > it gets, and if it is not what it's expected, or fails to receive a > banner/login prompt, send an alert. You want to have the opposite of what check_http.pl (http://www.nagiosexchange.org/cgi-bin/page.cgi?g=Detailed%2F1531.html;d=1 <http://www.nagiosexchange.org/cgi-bin/page.cgi?g=Detailed%2F1531.html;d=1> ) provides... If you're up to speed with perl, you could use the telnet module to check some TCP ports and check for their ouput. HTH, cu l8r, Edgar. -- |\ /| : : Addr: Valid Eindhoven B.V. / | \/ | : Edgar R. Matzinger : t.a.v. E.R. Matzinger / | | : : Paradijslaan 36 \ /| /\| : : 5611 KN Eindhoven \/ / \ : Valid Eindhoven BV : \ /\ / : : \/ |\/ : : | : : Disclaimer: Any comments, opinions made are mine, etc ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ 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