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Can you verify the permissions of your libexec folder and post the result? ls -l /usr/local/nagios/libexec/ Can you please execute this command on your remote linux server that has the NRPE agent installed. Also, I'm not sure if you've been linked to this troubleshooting guide as it may help: https...

Can you verify the permissions of your libexec folder and post the result? ls -l /usr/local/nagios/libexec/ -rwxr-xr-x 1 nagios nagios 205922 Dec 17 13:30 check_apt -rwxr-xr-x 1 nagios nagios 2309 Dec 17 13:30 check_breeze -rwxr-xr-x 1 nagios nagios 210127 Dec 17 13:30 check_by_ssh lrwxrwxrwx 1 roo...

rkennedy wrote: In that file, try changing a your Current Users definitions, and then let me know if it is fixed.

No, that didn't seem to fix the issue. I did restart Nagios.

hsmith wrote:Are you doing this as root?

No, I was doing it as nagiosadmin. I just tried it as root. It worked.

When I try to vi services.cfg, it says it's read only, and I can't save it. How do I overcome this?

[nagiosadmin@nagios etc]$ vi services.cfg define service{ use generic-service host_name ora_linux7_xen2.xyz.local service_description CPU Load check_command check_nrpe!check_load } define service{ use generic-service host_name ora_linux7_xen2.xyz.local service_description Total Processes check_comm...

Can you please post the file that contains those 4 service definitions for us to take a look at? Is that the nrpe.cfg? If so, it is the sample nrpe config file, with the addition of: command[check_users]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_users -w 5 -c 10 command[check_load]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/...

rkennedy wrote:This appears to be working. Is it also working when you look at your Nagios server on the web interface?

Yes, it is working. The only errors I am getting are as follows:

You actually need to run that command on the Nagios server. 172.17.40.152 is the IP for ora_linux7_xen2 right? Yes, that's correct. Okay, here is the output from the server: [root@nagios etc]# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H 172.17.40.152 -c check_users USERS OK - 2 users currently logged i...

bwallace wrote:Glad to hear it is working now. Did you have any other questions, or may we lock this thread?

Yes, this issue has been resolved. Please lock this thread.