Can you send a command using the "mail" command via the command line?
If you don't have mail configured on the server nagios cannot send mail. Greg Pangrazio pangr...@gmail.com On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:41 PM, ReynierPM <rper...@uci.cu> wrote: > Hi every: > I have problems now with email notification unless I didn't receive one. > I check Nagios Event Logs and see this: > > [12-08-2009 14:53:28] Warning: Attempting to execute the command > "/usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios *****\n\nNotification Type: > PROBLEM\n\nService: Bacula Dir Daemon\nHost: bacula\nAddress: > 10.128.50.11\nState: UNKNOWN\n\nDate/Time: Tue Dec 8 14:53:28 CST > 2009\n\nAdditional Info:\n\nRemote command execution failed: Permission > denied, please try again." | /bin/mail -s "** PROBLEM Service Alert: > bacula/Bacula Dir Daemon is UNKNOWN **" rper...@uci.cu" resulted in a > return code of 127. Make sure the script or binary you are trying to > execute actually exists... > > But the mail never arrive to my Inbox. Why? My config is as follow: > > define command{ > command_name notify-host-by-email > command_line /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios > *****\n\nNotification > Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\nHost: $HOSTNAME$\nState: $HOSTSTATE$\nAddress: > $HOSTADDRESS$\nInfo: $HOSTOUTPUT$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n" | > /bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ Host Alert: $HOSTNAME$ is > $HOSTSTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$ > } > > # 'notify-service-by-email' command definition > define command{ > command_name notify-service-by-email > command_line /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios > *****\n\nNotification > Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: $SERVICEDESC$\nHost: > $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: > $LONGDATETIME$\n\nAdditional Info:\n\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$" | /bin/mail -s > "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ Service Alert: $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is > $SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$ > } > > Cheers and thanks in advance > -- > ReynierPM > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Return on Information: > Google Enterprise Search pays you back > Get the facts. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev _______________________________________________ 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