We had a similar problem (not using SSH, though). We use this script to handle our notifications: http://sweetdeliah.com/nagios/notify/nagios_notify-0.5.tar.gz
Using the templates, we do something like (or, exactly like) this... #IF NOTIFICATIONNUMBER=1 #IF SERVICEOUTPUT~=/Service Check Timed Out/ #DIE #ENDIF #ENDIF You can pretty easily modify that to be: #IF NOTIFICATIONNUMBER<3 #IF SERVICEOUTPUT~=/Plugin timed out while executing system call/ #DIE #ENDIF #ENDIF Enjoy. -----Original Message----- From: Michael Gargiullo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 12:55 PM To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Nagios-users] Check by ssh timeout problems I have 2 remote machines that only I only have ssh access to. I have about 5 services I check the status of. Occasionally the machine takes > 70seconds to respond. I have the global timeout set to 120 sec, but I still get 5 notifications "CRITICAL - Plugin timed out while executing system call" then maybe 10-20 minutes later 5 saying it's OK again. Is there a proper way to only send alerts on the 2nd or 3rd "CRITICAL - Plugin timed out while executing system call" message (a true problem) or better yet, increase the timeout for service checks? I never get a host message, just the services. Unfortunately, I only have ssh access to the remote hosts. Thanks, Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ 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
