Eric Anderson wrote: > Hello, > > I have what I think is a very basic problem but I cannot seem to locate it. I > believe it to be a permissions issue. > I'm attempting to use send_nsca to forward received syslog traffic to the > Nagios process. > > This article describes using using syslog to forward to send_nsca and then to > a Nagios server running nsca: > http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Addons/Log-File-Management/Syslog%252Dng-Integration-Tool/details > > I'm attempting something similar except with a twist; the basic idea is this: > 1. Syslog receives messages from clients. > 2. A script parses syslog and sends the info to send_nsca process on the same > host. > 3. Send_nsca sends to nsca running on this host > 4. NSCA forwards to Nagios. > > I've successfully got Nagios and NSCA running. At this point I want to test > send_nsca with the following command: > send_nsca locahost -c /usr/local/nagios/nsca-2.7.2/sample-config/ < > /home/nagios/test > > The test file contaings: > localhost<tab>TestMessage<tab>0<tab>This is a test message.<cr> > > After running this file, I get this in my /var/log/messages file: > Aug 12 22:16:54 . nsca[25712]: Handling the connection... > Aug 12 22:16:54 . nsca[25712]: SERVICE CHECK -> Host name: 'localhost', > Service Description: 'Test Message', Return Code: '0', Output: 'This is a > test message.' > Aug 12 22:16:54 . nsca[25712]: Command file > '/var/spool/nagios/cmd/nagios.cmd' does not exist, attempt to use alternate > dump file '/var/spool/nagios/cmd/nsca.dump' for output > Aug 12 22:16:54 . nsca[25712]: Could not open alternate dump file > '/var/spool/nagios/cmd/nsca.dump' for appending > Aug 12 22:16:54 . nsca[25712]: End of connection... > > Can anyone suggest where I may be going wrong here? > > NSCA.CFG > nsca_user=nagios > nsca_group=nagcmd > nsca_chroot=/var/spool/nagios/cmd > command_file=/var/spool/nagios/cmd/nagios.cmd > alternate_dump_file=/var/spool/nagios/cmd/nsca.dump > > NAGIOS.CFG > nagios_user=nagios > nagios_group=nagios > command_file=/var/spool/nagios/cmd/nagios.cmd > > If I ls -haltr on /var/spool/nagios/cmd I get the following: > drwxr-xr-x 3 nagios nagios 4.0k 2009-11-10 11:09 .. > prw-rw-r-- 1 nagios nagcmd 0 2010-08-12 15:16 nagios.cmd > prw-rw-r-- 1 nagios nagcmd 0 2010-08-12 15:25 nsca.dump > Is nagios part of the nagcmd group ?
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