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Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2013 4:40 pm**

Hello,

I have a Nagios server that needs to restart some Windows services, and/or do other things. When I issue the following command on the Nagios server, I get back this:

[root@ubitmon-hf libexec]# ./check_nrpe -H 10.23.241.210 -p 5666 -c runcmd -a spooler

C:\Program Files\NSClient++>net stop $ARG1$
The service name is invalid.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2185.

C:\Program Files\NSClient++>net start $ARG1$
The service name is invalid.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2185.

C:\Program Files\NSClient++>rem @exit 0
[root@ubitmon-hf libexec]#

This tells me the bat file is running. It appears that $ARG1$ isn't getting picked up as a variable. So, I recompiled the check_nrpe with --./configure --enable-command-args

Same response. Also, I edited the nsclient.ini file and added the following:

[/settings/External Scripts/Scripts]
runcmd = scripts\runcmd.bat $ARG1$

[/settings/NRPE/server]
allow arguments = 1

I am lost as to how to get this to work! The documentation I can find was outdated, I had to really fish around just to find the correct stuff to put in nsclient.ini. Has anybody ran into this? Any help is appreciated.

Regards,

Randy.

Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2013 5:29 pm**

The documentation is up to date for this, and it should contain everything you need to get this check up and running. I just ran through it again myself and had no issues, this is what I did. Once I knew NSClient++ was configured to run properly with NRPE checks through Nagios I added a file named:

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runcmd

to the nsclient++ scripts directory, this file was converted to a batch file.

I then opened the NSC.ini file and added the following to a bone stock external scripts portion:

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[External Scripts]
;check_es_long=scripts\long.bat
;check_es_ok=scripts\ok.bat
;check_es_nok=scripts\nok.bat
;check_vbs_sample=cscript.exe //T:30 //NoLogo scripts\check_vb.vbs
;check_powershell_warn=cmd /c echo scripts\powershell.ps1 | powershell.exe -command -
check_updates=cmd /c echo scripts\check_windows_updates.ps1; exit $LastExitCode | powershell.exe -command-
check_test= cmd /c echo test
runcmd= scripts\runcmd.bat $ARG1$

I then restarted the NSClient++ service and tested the command from the Nagios server with the following:

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./check_nrpe -H 192.168.5.63 -p 5666 -c runcmd -a pooler

And got the following as a return:

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The Print Spooler service is stopping.
The Print Spooler service was stopped successfully.

The Print Spooler service is starting.
The Print Spooler service was started successfully.

Did you go through all these steps?

Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2013 5:50 pm**

Thanks for the fast reply. I did set up my system like you showed. However, there are some differences:

1. I am using the x64 version of the NSCLIENT.
2. There is not nsc.ini, it is nsclient.ini.
3. The section headings are totally different.
4. My bat file just does a simple net stop %1, net start %1. It runs. It just is being passed $ARG1$ as a literal instead of substituting $ARG1$ for its string value.

This is the newest client build that is from the stable released branch. It includes a .pdf also that shows how to do the install you described, but it doesn't match the nsclient.ini file shipped with the installation. Could I have the wrong version?

Regards,

Randy.

Posted: **Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:37 am**

The latest version of NSClient++ is not highly recommended for production use as it can be quite buggy. I recommend re-installing with version 0.3.9x 64-bit with the MSI and then configuring this. It should work fine with the 64-bit version as that is what I used when I wrote the plugin/handler/guide

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