WMI assumes you are running Windows… With NRPE I haven't seen a way to do it without being pass arguments. I'm just careful with scripts that can take arguments that they scrub what's being passed in.
Dan On Aug 29, 2012, at 6:47 PM, Nick Smith wrote: > I dont have an answer about your NRPE question, but if i had to guess > i would say its not possible with out support compiled in. > > I did recently find this however: > > http://www.edcint.co.nz/checkwmiplus/ > > I have it running all kinds of checks via WMI on my domain and it has > the ability to restart a hung or dead process, i would recommend you > check it out, i like it alot better than NRPE and there is no client > to install. > > Hope that helps. > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Tech Support <supp...@voipbusiness.us> wrote: >> All; >> >> I’m trying to setup event handlers on remote machines that I am >> monitoring using NRPE to restart dead or hung services. I’ve been reading up >> on a few how-to’s I found online but they all seem to require that NRPE be >> compiled with support for command arguments. Since everything I read about >> NRPE says that allowing command arguments is a very bad idea, I was >> wondering if it is even possible to execute remote event handlers without >> having support for it. >> >> Thanks; >> >> John >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Live Security Virtual Conference >> Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and >> threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions >> will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware >> threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > > -- > --------------- > Nick Smith > Lamp Post Group > IT Support > Ext - 800 > nsm...@lamppostgroup.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ 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
