It seems something is stopping your NRPE client from answering to the server.
Try "telnet <nrpe_client_server> 5666" and see if it connects or times out. If it times out, check firewalls/SELinux etc. Andy. Kaplan, Andrew H. wrote: > > I am running Nagios 2.6 on a Fedora Core 5 system, and am trying to > monitor a remote host also running Fedora Core 5 with NRPE 2.5.2. I have > > configured nrpe to use SSL. The commands.cfg file on the Nagios server > has an entry for check_nrpe, and I have included the option –t 60 in the > > definition. The client system has a command_timeout setting of 60 as well. > > Whenever I try either automatically or manually monitor the remote > client, I get a Service Check Timed Out Error message. The messages > > and nagios.log files on the server both indicate a socket timeout > occurred. What do I need to do to correct this? Thanks. > > THE INFORMATION TRANSMITTED IN THIS ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION IS > INTENDED ONLY FOR THE PERSON OR ENTITY TO WHOM IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY > CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR PRIVILEGED MATERIAL. ANY REVIEW, > RETRANSMISSION, DISSEMINATION OR OTHER USE OF OR TAKING OF ANY ACTION > IN RELIANCE UPON, THIS INFORMATION BY PERSONS OR ENTITIES OTHER THAN > THE INTENDED RECIPIENT IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION > IN ERROR, PLEASE CONTACT THE SENDER AND THE PRIVACY OFFICER, AND > PROPERLY DISPOSE OF THIS INFORMATION. !DSPAM:37,459434a931944790858665! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > !DSPAM:37,459434a931944790858665! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting > any issue. > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null > > !DSPAM:37,459434a931944790858665! > -- Andy Shellam NetServe Support Team the Mail Network "an alternative in a standardised world" p: +44 (0) 121 288 0832/0839 m: +44 (0) 7818 000834 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null