Ahh yes, thankyou both! For reference, the offending host_key was living in /var/spool/nagios/.ssh/known_hosts (as the nagios user has nologin).
Thanks again! On Friday 01 June 2007 01:08, Patrick Morris wrote: > On Fri, 01 Jun 2007, Daniel Tandowski wrote: > > I appreciate your quick response, ssh known_hosts / authorized_keys was > > my first culprit also... unfortunately, this doesn't explain why it would > > work correctly when I run the same command nagios is running from the CLI > > (using the same key)!? > > > > #/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_by_ssh -t 60 -H <IP-Address> -l root -i > > <RSA Key> -C /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_backup_log > > It's the host key, not the private key, so if you're checking as root > (and it looks like you are), you're not looking at the same known_hosts > as Nagios is. > > Log in as the Nagios user or store the host's key in the known_hosts > file Nagios looks at when it logs in. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ 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