Check file age

[slansing]

So what happens when you run this check to a standard directory?

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directory of plugin/check_file_age -w value -c value -f /usr/local/nagios/etc/commands.cfg

[linuxnewbie]

So what happens when you run this check to a standard directory?

Here is what I got for this:

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tmc@mybox:/usr/local/nagios/libexec$ ./check_file_age -w 600 -c 1200 -f /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/commands.cfg
FILE_AGE CRITICAL: /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/commands.cfg is 23 hours (1 days) old and 20448 bytes

Now that I know I have the correct command I ran it on the file nagios says it cannot find:

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tmc@mybox:/usr/local/nagios/libexec$ ./check_file_age -w 600 -c 1200 -f /media/tmc/Data/OffSite_BU/Hopkins_Server/EagleSoft/Data/PattersonPM.db
FILE_AGE CRITICAL: /media/tmc/Data/OffSite_BU/Hopkins_Server/EagleSoft/Data/PattersonPM.db is 13 hours (1 days) old and 687390720 bytes

So nagios can see it and see that the file is OK, so the syntax must be wrong in my config's.

The command I'm using:

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define command {
       command_name	check_file_age_Hopkins
       command_line	$USER1$/check_file_age -w 432000 -c 518400 -f /media/tmc/Data/OffSite_BU/Hopkins_Server/EagleSoft/Data/PattersonPM.db
       }

The service I'm using:

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define service{
       use			local-service
       host_name		TMC-Offsite-Backup-Server
       service_description	Hopkins_BU
       check_command		check_file_age_Hopkins
       contact_groups		admins, Hopkins       
}

If you need anything else from me please let me know.

Thanks for all of your help!

[slansing]

I am having trouble finding anything wrong with your definition, what happens when you change the command definition to check for the commands.cfg as I mentioned above and you force the check through the web UI. I'm wondering if it will tell you it cant find that file too..

[linuxnewbie]

I am having trouble finding anything wrong with your definition, what happens when you change the command definition to check for the commands.cfg as I mentioned above and you force the check through the web UI. I'm wondering if it will tell you it cant find that file too..

Ran a test:

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# check file age for Test
define command {
       command_name	check_file_age_Test
       command_line	$USER1$/check_file_age -w 432000 -c 518000 -f /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/commands.cfg
}

It shows the file as being OK!

Im going to run a few more tests to see how deep into the media directory nagios can see files.

[sreinhardt]

That sounds like a good idea! Another thought might be to add the nagios user to tmc group so that it will have access.

[linuxnewbie]

That sounds like a good idea! Another thought might be to add the nagios user to tmc group so that it will have access.

I added nagios to the tmc group and tmc to the nagios group a few days ago and that did not help.

I found the reason why it was not working... /media and /media/tmc are owned by root:root. The reason Nagios did not have access is /media/tmc was lacking 'other' read rights. As soon as I gave the /media/tmc folder nagios can see everything just fine!

Thank you everyone! Still very new to Linux and it feels like I'm trying to swim before learning how to dog paddle... But its fun!

Thanks again!