check_logfiles does not seem to work

[Mr. Vitriol]

Hi,
I'm slowly getting a grip on nagios and it's various functions. The newest task, I set for myself, is monitoring logfiles using check_logfiles, because we use logrotation on several servers. My Problem is, that the plugin does not seem to work.

I dowloaded the file, unpacked it and used

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configure && make && make install

Afterwards I have the check_logfiles plugin where it should be, at /usr/local/nagios/libexec but the file is only 35B big and contains only

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#! /usr/bin/perl -w
# nagios: -epn

When I execute the check via

/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_logfiles --logfile=/var/log/syslog --criticalpattern='terminated'

as a test I get nothing back.

Is the check compiled right? Or is the installation broken? And if so, what can I do?

[slansing]

If you re-compile, do you see any errors? Does it complete properly?

[Mr. Vitriol]

Thanks for your help.

Unfortunatley urgent problems keep me buisy in the moment. I was not able to follow your hint. I will get back to it as fast as I can.

[sreinhardt]

ok, let us know when you get a chance.