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yes, apologies for I was careless for a moment and did not see I used -n to check_nrpe
thanks.

I have a simple passive checks working, yes. I've got tangled up in all documentation and WMI is the bit which perplexed me and I cannot work it out. My understanding is that WMI for simple information harvesting would be a natural way to pursue , lightweight and quicker than scripts. They have this...

What I'd like to try WMI is to get client's simple net info, eg. hostname, IP, MAC.
I thought WMI would be best/easiest path.

nagios 3.5.1 + nsclient 0.4.1.90
thanks.

hi everybody
from a linux nagios 3.5.1 I'm trying to connect to nsclient 0.4.1.90 and get this:

failed to establish secure connection: unknown protocol

would you say it's compatibility problem between the two?
Or maybe I'm missing some config/settings?
many thanks

gee, a simple config whit good description, explanation of what goes where, client/agent config, server/nagios config, etc.
But this is the bit which all docs lack anyway, an example(good) of passive WMI. I cannot find one single example.

nope, I've read those, I have passive checks set up but have failed to do it with WMI
It appears too cryptic for me, I've read doc on WMI from nsclient++ but it is unclear, still.
Shame there is no one single simple example including configs, cleanly explained and described.

hi everybody
I'm looking WMICheck part of nsclient++ but cannot figure out how to set it up as a passive check.
Can someone share a simple example / config?
thanks

many thanks, last question - see Nagios uses IPs all over the place, my scenario does not know about clients/agents IPs (may include MACs) in this passive setup. I hope this not a problem?

this is exactly what I'm after, thanks!
Would it be also possible to somehow validate / authenticate a client so the server would accept only certain clients but ignore the others?