I guess that is an option, but I'd prefer not to have to do that for all the additional modules/plugins that I end up with. Does version 3 behave better as I may be able to hold off for that before changing the main monitoring node.
Thanks, john On Fri, 12 Oct 2007, David Fulton wrote: > Symbolic link the NET::DNS plugin to one of those directories (like > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8) and it should find the module after > that. I gave up on trying to change how ePN looks for modules when it > couldn't find utils.pm in my plugin directory. Since all the default > PERL nagios plugins need that I just made a symlink. Works smooth as > silk. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of john > Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 1:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Nagios-users] nagios 2.9 ePN INC line > > Any suggestions on how to make ePN play fair? > > I'm using nagios 2.9, and trying to use a plugin that uses Net::DNS. > > I installed Net::DNS using gentoo package management all fine and dandy, > > scripts work on command line, but not through embedded perl. Mainly > because ePN has an include line that misses out where the plugin is.. > (/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/...) > > Here's the (truncated) error message that seems to get output (not sure > what the tailing missing bit is): > > **ePN failed to compile /usr/nagios/libexec/check_dns_host: "Can't > locate > Net/DNS.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i686-linux > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 > > /usr/lib/perl5/site_p" at /usr/nagi > > So how do I adjust the INC line that ePN tries to use? I can't find > anything in docs about it and my google-foo is failing. I don't really > wanna modify each plugin.. > > I've currently disabled ePN as I'd like the thing to work for now. Is > there a general guide anywhere on how to make ePN not be so annoying and > > unusable? I tried to use it once before on a box that does several > hundred checks but ended up turning it off as I couldn't get it to play > nice, but would like to gain back some performance benefits if possible > :-) > > Cheers, > > john > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > [email protected] > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list [email protected] 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
