How can I reset the NSClient software?

[cshaffer]

Hi. I am trying to set up a Windows 2003 R2 server for monitoring. The NSClient agent was installed before, but the person who did it is no longer with the company and we don't know what password he used for the client setup. I tried uninstalling the NSClient agent software and reinstalling it to set our standard password, but when I reinstall it, it never asks me for the password. Even though the client software was uninstalled, the password information is being held somewhere. Does anybody know, is this in the registry? Or is there a config file that needs to be deleted before I try reinstalling the client agent?

[WillemDH]

You could check the nsclient.ini file for the password, if that is what you mean. You can also find some info here: http://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagi ... ios-XI.pdf

Grtz

Willem

[cshaffer]

Thank you. I found an NSC.ini that contained the password. That wasn't my problem though. The allowed_hosts and password parameters are set correctly. I may be on the wrong track.

[cshaffer]

Turned out my problem was with NRPE. When I did the client install without NRPE, the monitoring tasks on the nagios server came up no problem.