[mrtg] Rateup error when running MRTG as a windows service

[Matthew Jachimstal]

I've been trying for a couple of weeks to get MRTG running as a windows service on a Windows Server 2003 SP2 system. I have everything working fine from a command line, but when I follow the directions in the mrtg-nt-guide for setting up MRTG as a Windows Service, I get the following error in my event log/log file.

2007-11-27 17:51:46: WARNING: rateup (c:/mrtg/bin\rateup c:\inetpub\wwwroot\mrtg\ 172.22.1.100_1_intutil 1196207506 -Z u 2432434164 899369131 1536000 c #C00000 #00C000 #0000FF #FF00FF -a k 1000 i c:\inetpub\wwwroot\mrtg\172.22.1.100_1_intutil-day.png -1536000 -1536000 400 100 1 1 1 300 0 4 1 "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M" 0 i c:\inetpub\wwwroot\mrtg\172.22.1.100_1_intutil-week.png -1536000 -1536000 400 100 1 1 1 1800 0 4 1 "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M" 0) did not work: Bad file descriptor.

This error occurs once for each interface I am monitoring.

I've searched the mailing list archives. The only suggestion was to make sure filenames and paths with spaces were quoted. I do not have any spaces in file/pathnames. Looking at the error, it looks like there's an extra space between the WorkDir and interface name at the beginning of the command line. I've enclosed my WorkDir in quotes and changes \ to /. When it's in quotes, MRTG dies complaining that the directory does not exist. Forward vs backslashes makes no difference.

I am using MRTG 2.15.2 and Perl 5.8.8.

Following is a partial copy of my config file, all the other interfaces are configured in a similar manner.

Thank you,
Matthew


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# Multi Router Traffic Grapher -- Configuration File
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#     Generated by Claridion's GUI on Nov 7, 2007 - 17:15
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#     General Configuration  #########################################
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WorkDir: c:\inetpub\wwwroot\mrtg
Refresh: 300
Interval: 5

RunAsDaemon: yes

######################################################
# Utilisation report for Chicago MPLS Total
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# Interface No.   : 1
# Interface Index : 1

Target[172.16.1.100_1_IntUtil]: ifInOctets.1&ifOutOctets.1:public at 172.16.1.100:
Options[172.16.1.100_1_IntUtil]: growright, integer, noarrow
#WithPeak[172.16.1.100_1_IntUtil]:
#UnScaled[172.16.1.100_1_IntUtil]:
#Suppress[172.16.1.100_1_IntUtil]:
MaxBytes[172.16.1.100_1_IntUtil]: 1536000
LegendI[172.16.1.100_1_IntUtil]: In
LegendO[172.16.1.100_1_IntUtil]: Out
Title[172.16.1.100_1_IntUtil]: Utilisation report for Chicago MPLS Total
Colours[172.16.1.100_1_IntUtil]: BLUE#C00000,GREEN#00C000,RED#0000FF,MAGENTA#FF00FF
Background[172.16.1.100_1_IntUtil]: #FFFFFF
PageTop[172.16.1.100_1_IntUtil]: <font face='Arial' size=3><B>Traffic Analysis for MISEPKOI01</b>
 <br><font face='Arial' size=2>Link Description  : Chicago MPLS Total
 <br><font face='Arial' size=2>Device            : 172.16.1.100, Interface : 1
 <br><font face='Arial' size=2>Max Speed         : 192.0kBytes/s
 <br><font face='Arial' size=2>System Location   : Elk Grove Village, IL
 <br>
 </p>

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# Utilisation report for Chicago MPLS Voice VLAN
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# Interface No.   : 5
# Interface Index : 5

Target[172.16.1.100_5_IntUtil]: ifInOctets.5&ifOutOctets.5:public at 172.16.1.100:
Options[172.16.1.100_5_IntUtil]: growright, integer, noarrow
#WithPeak[172.16.1.100_5_IntUtil]:
#UnScaled[172.16.1.100_5_IntUtil]:
#Suppress[172.16.1.100_5_IntUtil]:
MaxBytes[172.16.1.100_5_IntUtil]: 100000000
LegendI[172.16.1.100_5_IntUtil]: In
LegendO[172.16.1.100_5_IntUtil]: Out
Title[172.16.1.100_5_IntUtil]: Utilisation report for Chicago MPLS Voice VLAN
Colours[172.16.1.100_5_IntUtil]: BLUE#C00000,GREEN#00C000,RED#0000FF,MAGENTA#FF00FF
Background[172.16.1.100_5_IntUtil]: #FFFFFF
PageTop[172.16.1.100_5_IntUtil]: <font face='Arial' size=3><B>Traffic Analysis for MISEPKOI01</b>
 <br><font face='Arial' size=2>Link Description  : Chicago MPLS Voice VLAN
 <br><font face='Arial' size=2>Device            : 172.16.1.100, Interface : 5
 <br><font face='Arial' size=2>Max Speed         : 192.0kBytes/s
 <br><font face='Arial' size=2>System Location   : Elk Grove Village, IL
 <br>
 </p>
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Matthew Jachimstal
Epko Industries, Inc.
mjachimstal at epko.com
Desk: (224) 366-5020
Fax: (224) 366-5120