[Nagios-users] check_ssh and check_ping not working with NRPE on remote host

2009-12-08 Thread ReynierPM
Hi every: I've experimenting some problems when trying to use check_ssh and check_ping plugins. The configuration at remote server (where NRPE resides) is as follow: command[check_ssh]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ssh

Re: [Nagios-users] check_ssh and check_ping not working with NRPE on remote host

2009-12-08 Thread Morris, Patrick
ReynierPM wrote: Hi every: I've experimenting some problems when trying to use check_ssh and check_ping plugins. The configuration at remote server (where NRPE resides) is as follow: command[check_ssh]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ssh

Re: [Nagios-users] check_ssh and check_ping not working with NRPE on remote host

2009-12-08 Thread Greg Pangrazio
I use commands similar to what you are doing, did you enable command processing from remote submissions? In the windows version it says something about don't blame me Greg Pangrazio pangr...@gmail.com On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Morris, Patrick patrick.mor...@hp.com wrote: ReynierPM

Re: [Nagios-users] check_ssh and check_ping not working with NRPE on remote host

2009-12-08 Thread ReynierPM
Greg Pangrazio wrote: I use commands similar to what you are doing, did you enable command processing from remote submissions? What you mean with command processing remote submissions? I can't understand this part. In the windows version it says something about don't blame me I don't know

Re: [Nagios-users] check_ssh and check_ping not working with NRPE on remote host

2009-12-08 Thread Greg Pangrazio
The security risks are that there is a potential for remote command execution on the system. This is exactly the section I was refering to. Greg Pangrazio pangr...@gmail.com On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:41 AM, ReynierPM rper...@uci.cu wrote: Greg Pangrazio wrote: I use commands similar to

Re: [Nagios-users] check_ssh and check_ping not working with NRPE on remote host

2009-12-08 Thread ReynierPM
Morris, Patrick wrote: ReynierPM wrote: For check_ssh, you aren't passing any arguments, and it requires at least a host: [pmor...@sf3-bb6 ~]$ /opt/nagios/lib/plugins/check_ssh check_ssh: Could not parse arguments Usage:check_ssh [-46] [-t timeout] [-r remote version] [-p port] host

Re: [Nagios-users] check_ssh and check_ping not working with NRPE on remote host

2009-12-08 Thread ReynierPM
Greg Pangrazio wrote: The security risks are that there is a potential for remote command execution on the system. This is exactly the section I was refering to. Concerning this, what's your recommendation? I'm newbie on this topics and want to learn from those who are gurus of the theme --

Re: [Nagios-users] check_ssh and check_ping not working with NRPE on remote host

2009-12-08 Thread Morris, Patrick
ReynierPM wrote: Morris, Patrick wrote: For check_ping, you're not passing the arguments correctly. The ! syntax only works in Nagios command definitions, and does not apply to NRPE. For this, where I can find detailed info about parameters? When I run the command ./check_ping

Re: [Nagios-users] check_ssh and check_ping not working with NRPE on remote host

2009-12-08 Thread Greg Pangrazio
Some of this depends upon the security of the system. Maybe on a host with protected information you should run a standalone version of Nagios and submit the results to the main server, just like a distributed setup. Likely for most instances this is not a problem especially if you run a

Re: [Nagios-users] check_ssh and check_ping not working with NRPE on remote host

2009-12-08 Thread David Wallis
ReynierPM wrote: Hi every: I've experimenting some problems when trying to use check_ssh and check_ping plugins. The configuration at remote server (where NRPE resides) is as follow: command[check_ssh]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ssh

Re: [Nagios-users] check_ssh and check_ping not working with NRPE on remote host

2009-12-08 Thread ReynierPM
David Wallis wrote: ReynierPM wrote: Usage: check_ping -H host_address -w wrta,wpl% -c crta,cpl% [-p packets] [-t timeout] [-4|-6] Ok I'm trying to fix this one too but can't understand some of parameters need to be passed to check_ping command. Could any one point me to

Re: [Nagios-users] check_ssh and check_ping not working with NRPE on remote host

2009-12-08 Thread David Wallis
ReynierPM wrote: David Wallis wrote: ReynierPM wrote: Usage: check_ping -H host_address -w wrta,wpl% -c crta,cpl% [-p packets] [-t timeout] [-4|-6] Ok I'm trying to fix this one too but can't understand some of parameters need to be passed to check_ping command. Could any one

Re: [Nagios-users] check_ssh and check_ping not working with NRPE on remote host

2009-12-08 Thread David Wallis
ReynierPM wrote: David Wallis wrote: ReynierPM wrote: rta is the Round-Trip Average travel time of the ping packet, in millisecond. The -w (warning level) and -c (critical level) options each take a pair of values... the RTA in milliseconds, and packet loss rate, in percent. So, a

Re: [Nagios-users] check_ssh and check_ping not working with NRPE on remote host

2009-12-08 Thread patrick . morris
On Tue, 08 Dec 2009, ReynierPM wrote: David Wallis wrote: ReynierPM wrote: rta is the Round-Trip Average travel time of the ping packet, in millisecond. The -w (warning level) and -c (critical level) options each take a pair of values... the RTA in milliseconds, and packet loss

Re: [Nagios-users] check_ssh and check_ping not working with NRPE on remote host

2009-12-08 Thread Marc Powell
On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:43 PM, David Wallis wrote: ReynierPM wrote: David Wallis wrote: Thx to all of yours for take some time to help me, now it working fine and I really understood what those parameters means, anyway I'm looking for a guide to see every one of this parameters and can't