On Mar 9, 2010, at 12:46 AM, Morris, Patrick wrote: >> How can I use check_by_ssh to monitor remote servers, when the >> username on the remote box is different from the Nagios user name? > > Install the private keys of the remote users on the Nagios machine under > the nagios user. You've already determined they work, so now copy them > over.
Actually, it's the opposite. He needs to add the nagios user's public key to the authorized_keys file for each user on the remote machines. Moving private keys around is a security no-no. -- Marc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ 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
