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Asked: 2016-03-03 05:54:10 +0800 CST

Can Nagios NRPE call a Python script on a Windows host, which requires a UNC network share connection?

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I have a Nagios host which is monitoring Windows servers using NRPE. One of the tasks is to remotely connect to a Windows Server, using NRPE, and run a Python script.

The python script simply checks the status of some backups. The Python scripts uses a module called 'win_unc' which is used to connect to a network share.

When I run the script directly and locally on the Windows Server it runs fine. When the script is called by NRPE remotely we get the following error: 

<class 'win_unc.errors.ShellCommandError'>
()
The command `NET USE "\\X.X.X.X\backups" "PasswordRemoved" /USER:"UserRemoved" /PERSISTENT:NO` exited with error code 2.

Is the issue because the Nagios box, calling the script, cannot run the 'NET USE...' command?

windows-server-2012-r2

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I'm not aware of any reason why NRPE would have net use blocked. I would instead suspect the account NRPE is running under on the Windows box (probably Local System). Try creating a service account to run NRPE (preferably a Managed Service Account).

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