Yes. And you can simplify this by running ssh-copy-id as the Nagios user: -- nag...@monserv:~$ ssh-copy-id remu...@remhost remu...@remhost's password: Now try logging into the machine, with "ssh 'r...@webdb1.int.ia'", and check in:
.ssh/authorized_keys to make sure we haven't added extra keys that you weren't expecting. -- Most Linux systems that I've seen provide this script. Other Unices may not have it. If it's there, it makes it much faster than manually copying and pasting public keys. --Matt On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Marc Powell <m...@ena.com> wrote: > > 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 > -- LITTLE GIRL: But which cookie will you eat FIRST? COOKIE MONSTER: Me think you have misconception of cookie-eating process. COOKIE MONSTER: Boy, I wish I were a sysadmin so I could go to the NJ-PICC Sysadmin Conference! http://www.picconf.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
