[Nagiosplug-devel] Missing character in plugin output

[Ferenc Wagner]

Mark Clayton <clayton256 at gmail.com> writes:

>     HDTEMP=$(/user/sbin/hddtemp $DRIVE | awk '{ print $4}' | awk -F '°' '{ print $1}')
>
> root at little-harbor:/home/mark# /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_hddtemp -d /dev/sda
> (/dev/sda)=36 C.
>
> But Firefox and Safari show:
>  Disk Temperature<http://little-harbor.local/cgi-bin/nagios3/extinfo.cgi?type=2&host=localhost&service=Disk+Temperature>
> OK 2012-01-16 13:14:550d 4h 8m 22s 1/4(/dev/sda)= C.

/usr/sbin/hddtemp probably requires elevated privileges, which it has
when run from a root shell, but not when run by Nagios.  You'll probably
have to configure passwordless sudo from the nagios user to root or disk
for this command.
-- 
Regards,
Feri.