[mrtg] Re: Help/Ext. Script : Could not get any data from external command

[fluhmann at vvm.com]

> When i want to use mrtg.cfg with a external script i get the following
> errormessage on run of mrtg:
>
> ---
> WARNING: Running '/etc/mrtg/ping.sh': Permission denied
> WARNING: Could not get any data from external command
> '/etc/mrtg/ping.sh' Maybe the external command did not even start.
> (Permission denied) ---
>
> But when running this script from commandline with >sh ping.sh
> i dont get any error but some good output.
>
> Here is how the external script is used in my mrtg.cfg:
> ---
> Target[ping_nerim]: `/etc/mrtg/ping.sh`

I've only worked on Win32 (I'm linux ignorant, but that will soon change),
but what if you put Target[ping_nerim]: `sh /etc/mrtg/ping.sh`
Maybe (again, I'm ignorant to Linux) you need to specify sh to run the
script.  ??

Jeremy Fluhmann
McLane Information Systems


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