We use include_dir to define a directory that has config files for various services. When this directory is read, and nrpe (on startup) encounters an error (in our case, permission denied), the logger receives an error:
Unable to open config file '/path/to/file.cfg'
Continuing with errors...
It seems any single file read error prevents the remainder of the files from being loaded.
Suggestion:
If unable to open any files, skip just the error and continue loading the remainder of the files.
Steps to Reproduce
1) Configure include_dir for NRPE
2) Place 2 files in the directory. I suggest each one have a different check command. For description sake, let's call file 1 check_disk.cfg and file 2, check_uptime.cfg, each with a working check command for its respective file.
At this point, starting NRPE should allow you execute both commands in the files.
box293
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6 years ago
We use
include_dirto define a directory that has config files for various services. When this directory is read, and nrpe (on startup) encounters an error (in our case, permission denied), the logger receives an error:Unable to open config file '/path/to/file.cfg' Continuing with errors...
It seems any single file read error prevents the remainder of the files from being loaded.
Suggestion: If unable to open any files, skip just the error and continue loading the remainder of the files.
Steps to Reproduce 1) Configure include_dir for NRPE 2) Place 2 files in the directory. I suggest each one have a different check command. For description sake, let's call file 1 check_disk.cfg and file 2, check_uptime.cfg, each with a working check command for its respective file.
At this point, starting NRPE should allow you execute both commands in the files.
3) chown root:root check_disk.cfg ; chmod 600 check_disk.cfg 4) Reload NRPE
At this point, you should get the error that check_disk.cfg is unable to be loaded. Attempt to execute both commands. Neither should work.