NSClient++ Help (#1) - NSCLient++ only works in test mode (#652) - Message List

Hi,

I have a windows 2000 server machine on which I have installed 0.3.8.75

My problem is that when I try to start the software as a service it failes, where as if I try to start in test mode it starts up just fine. What differences are there between the two modes that might cause something like this?

I do not get any output in the log even using debug mode. Then again the application does crash instantly when I try to use either /start or just call the program without any parameters. In test mode I get the following output:

C:\Program Files\NSClient++>nsclient++ /test
Launching test mode - client mode
d NSClient++.cpp(1178) Enabling debug mode...
d NSClient++.cpp(551) Attempting to start NSCLient++ - 0.3.8.75 2010-05-27
d NSClient++.cpp(969) Loading plugin: CheckDisk...
d NSClient++.cpp(969) Loading plugin: Event log Checker....
d NSClient++.cpp(969) Loading plugin: Check External Scripts...
d \CheckExternalScripts.h(82) Adding: perlArgs: nrpe\check_antivir.pl
d \CheckExternalScripts.h(82) Adding: perlArgs: nrpe\check_automanage.pl -d xxxstep
d \CheckExternalScripts.h(82) Adding: perlArgs: nrpe\check_backup.pl -w 8 -c 15 -n "C:\Program Files\BakBone Software\Ne
tVault"
d \CheckExternalScripts.h(82) Adding: perlArgs: nrpe\check_ftp.pl -d xxx-db2.xxxx.xxx
d \CheckExternalScripts.h(82) Adding: perlArgs: nrpe\check_http.pl -d xxx-db2.xxxx.xxx
d \CheckExternalScripts.h(82) Adding: perlArgs: nrpe\check_ooapilog.pl -d xxxstep
d \CheckExternalScripts.h(82) Adding: perlArgs: nrpe\check_oracle.pl -w 93 -c 96 -d xxxstep -t all
d \CheckExternalScripts.h(82) Adding: perlArgs: nrpe\check_rman.pl -w @wL@ -c @cL@ -l @path to logfile folder@
d \CheckExternalScripts.h(82) Adding: perlArgs: nrpe\check_http.pl -d xxx-db2.xxxx.xxx --string="Ruby on Rails" -w 2 -c
3
d \CheckExternalScripts.h(82) Adding: perlArgs: nrpe\check_step5.pl
d \CheckExternalScripts.h(82) Adding: perlArgs: nrpe\check_tablemanage.pl -d xxxstep
d \CheckExternalScripts.h(82) Adding: perlArgs: nrpe\check_http.pl -d xxx-db2.xxxx.xxx -p @port@ --url /IntegrationAPI/A
uthenticationWS --string "Hi there, this is a Web service"
d \CheckExternalScripts.h(82) Adding: perlArgs: nrpe\check_http.pl -d xxx-db2.xxxx.xxx -p 9090
d \CheckExternalScripts.h(82) Adding: perlArgs: nrpe\check_http.pl -d xxx-db2.xxxx.xxx -p @port@ --url /IntegrationAPI/A
uthenticationWS --string "Dies ist ein Web Service"
d NSClient++.cpp(969) Loading plugin: Helper function...
d NSClient++.cpp(969) Loading plugin: CheckSystem...
d NSClient++.cpp(969) Loading plugin: File logger...
d \PDHCollector.cpp(73) Autodetected w2k or later, using w2k PDH counters.
l \FileLogger.cpp(93) Log path is: C:\Program Files\NSClient++\\nsclient.log
d \PDHCollector.cpp(110) Using index to retrive counternames
d NSClient++.cpp(969) Loading plugin: NRPE server (w/ SSL)...
d \NRPEListener.cpp(90) Non-standard buffer length (hope you have recompiled check_nrpe changing #define MAX_PACKETBUFFE
R_LENGTH = 4096
d \NRPEListener.cpp(91) Loading all commands (from NRPE)
d \NRPEListener.cpp(121) Starting NRPE socket...
d NSClient++.cpp(969) Loading plugin: NSClient server...
d \Socket.h(669) Bound to: 0.0.0.0:5666
d NSClient++.cpp(671) NSCLient++ - 0.3.8.75 2010-05-27 Started!
d \Socket.h(669) Bound to: 0.0.0.0:12489
d \PDHCollector.cpp(130) Found countername: CPU:    \Processor(_total)\% Processor Time
l NSClient++.cpp(455) Using settings from: INI-file
d \PDHCollector.cpp(131) Found countername: UPTIME: \System\System Up Time
l NSClient++.cpp(456) Enter command to inject or exit to terminate...
d \PDHCollector.cpp(132) Found countername: MCL:    \Memory\Commit Limit
d \PDHCollector.cpp(133) Found countername: MCB:    \Memory\Committed Bytes

My nsc.ini looks like this:

[modules]
;# NSCLIENT++ MODULES
;# A list with DLLs to load at startup.
;  You will need to enable some of these for NSClient++ to work.
; ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
; *                                                               *
; * N O T I C E ! ! ! - Y O U   H A V E   T O   E D I T   T H I S *
; *                                                               *
; ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
FileLogger.dll
CheckSystem.dll
CheckDisk.dll
NSClientListener.dll
NRPEListener.dll
;SysTray.dll
CheckEventLog.dll
CheckHelpers.dll
;CheckWMI.dll
;
; Script to check external scripts and/or internal aliases.
CheckExternalScripts.dll
;
; NSCA Agent if you enable this NSClient++ will talk to NSCA hosts repeatedly (so dont enable unless you want to use NSCA)
;NSCAAgent.dll
;
; LUA script module used to write your own "check deamon".
;LUAScript.dll
;
; RemoteConfiguration IS AN EXTREM EARLY IDEA SO DONT USE FOR PRODUCTION ENVIROMNEMTS!
;RemoteConfiguration.dll
; Check other hosts through NRPE extreme beta and probably a bit dangerous! :)
;NRPEClient.dll
; Extreamly early beta of a task-schedule checker
;CheckTaskSched.dll
[Settings]
;# OBFUSCATED PASSWORD
;  This is the same as the password option but here you can store the password in an obfuscated manner.
;  *NOTICE* obfuscation is *NOT* the same as encryption, someone with access to this file can still figure out the
;  password. Its just a bit harder to do it at first glance.
;obfuscated_password=Jw0KAUUdXlAAUwASDAAB
;
;# PASSWORD
;  This is the password (-s) that is required to access NSClient remotely. If you leave this blank everyone will be able to access the daemon remotly.
;password=secret-password
;
;# This defines the max length of the string used in the internal buffer
string_length=5120
;# ALLOWED HOST ADDRESSES
;  This is a comma-delimited list of IP address of hosts that are allowed to talk to the all daemons.
;  If leave this blank anyone can access the deamon remotly (NSClient still requires a valid password).
;  The syntax is host or ip/mask so 192.168.0.0/24 will allow anyone on that subnet access
allowed_hosts=
;
;# USE THIS FILE
;  Use the INI file as opposed to the registry if this is 0 and the use_reg in the registry is set to 1
;  the registry will be used instead.
use_file=1
;
; # USE SHARED MEMORY CHANNELS
;  This is the "new" way for using the system tray based on an IPC framework on top shared memmory channels and events.
;  It is brand new and (probably has bugs) so dont enable this unless for testing!
;  If set to 1 shared channels will be created and system tray icons created and such and such...
;shared_session=0
[EventLog]
buffer_size=223149
[log]
;# LOG DEBUG
;  Set to 1 if you want debug message printed in the log file (debug messages are always printed to stdout when run with -test)
debug=0
;
;# LOG FILE
;  The file to print log statements to
;file=nsclient.log
;
;# LOG DATE MASK
;  The format to for the date/time part of the log entry written to file.
;date_mask=%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
;
;# LOG ROOT FOLDER
;  The root folder to use for logging.
;  exe = the folder where the executable is located
;  local-app-data = local application data (probably a better choice then the old default)
;root_folder=exe
[NSClient]
;# ALLOWED HOST ADDRESSES
;  This is a comma-delimited list of IP address of hosts that are allowed to talk to NSClient deamon.
;  If you leave this blank the global version will be used instead.
;allowed_hosts=
;
;# NSCLIENT PORT NUMBER
;  This is the port the NSClientListener.dll will listen to.
;port=12489
;
;# BIND TO ADDRESS
;  Allows you to bind server to a specific local address. This has to be a dotted ip adress not a hostname.
;  Leaving this blank will bind to all avalible IP adresses.
;bind_to_address=
;
;# SOCKET TIMEOUT
;  Timeout when reading packets on incoming sockets. If the data has not arrived withint this time we will bail out.
;socket_timeout=30
[NRPE]
;# NRPE PORT NUMBER
;  This is the port the NRPEListener.dll will listen to.
port=5666
;
;# This defines the max length of the string to be returned
string_length=4096
;# COMMAND TIMEOUT
;  This specifies the maximum number of seconds that the NRPE daemon will allow plug-ins to finish executing before killing them off.
command_timeout=120
;
;# COMMAND ARGUMENT PROCESSING
;  This option determines whether or not the NRPE daemon will allow clients to specify arguments to commands that are executed.
allow_arguments=1
;
;# COMMAND ALLOW NASTY META CHARS
;  This option determines whether or not the NRPE daemon will allow clients to specify nasty (as in |`&><'"\[]{}) characters in arguments.
allow_nasty_meta_chars=1
;
;# USE SSL SOCKET
;  This option controls if SSL should be used on the socket.
use_ssl=1
;
;# BIND TO ADDRESS
;  Allows you to bind server to a specific local address. This has to be a dotted ip adress not a hostname.
;  Leaving this blank will bind to all avalible IP adresses.
; bind_to_address=
;
;# ALLOWED HOST ADDRESSES
;  This is a comma-delimited list of IP address of hosts that are allowed to talk to NRPE deamon.
;  If you leave this blank the global version will be used instead.
allowed_hosts=
;
;# SCRIPT DIRECTORY
;  All files in this directory will become check commands.
;  *WARNING* This is undoubtedly dangerous so use with care!
;script_dir=scripts\
;
;# SOCKET TIMEOUT
;  Timeout when reading packets on incoming sockets. If the data has not arrived withint this time we will bail out.
socket_timeout=60
[Check System]
;# CPU BUFFER SIZE
;  Can be anything ranging from 1s (for 1 second) to 10w for 10 weeks. Notice that a larger buffer will waste memory
;  so don't use a larger buffer then you need (ie. the longest check you do +1).
;CPUBufferSize=30m
;
;# CHECK RESOLUTION
;  The resolution to check values (currently only CPU).
;  The value is entered in 1/10:th of a second and the default is 10 (which means ones every second)
;CheckResolution=10
;
;# CHECK ALL SERVICES
;  Configure how to check services when a CheckAll is performed.
;  ...=started means services in that class *has* to be running.
;  ...=stopped means services in that class has to be stopped.
;  ...=ignored means services in this class will be ignored.
;check_all_services[SERVICE_BOOT_START]=ignored
;check_all_services[SERVICE_SYSTEM_START]=ignored
;check_all_services[SERVICE_AUTO_START]=started
;check_all_services[SERVICE_DEMAND_START]=ignored
;check_all_services[SERVICE_DISABLED]=stopped
[External Script]
;# COMMAND TIMEOUT
;  This specifies the maximum number of seconds that the NRPE daemon will allow plug-ins to finish executing before killing them off.
command_timeout=60
;
;# COMMAND ARGUMENT PROCESSING
;  This option determines whether or not the NRPE daemon will allow clients to specify arguments to commands that are executed.
allow_arguments=1
;
;# COMMAND ALLOW NASTY META CHARS
;  This option determines whether or not the NRPE daemon will allow clients to specify nasty (as in |`&><'"\[]{}) characters in arguments.
allow_nasty_meta_chars=1
;
;# SCRIPT DIRECTORY
;  All files in this directory will become check commands.
;  *WARNING* This is undoubtedly dangerous so use with care!
;script_dir=c:\my\script\dir
[Script Wrappings]
;#####################################################
;# Section to be modified by data center operator    #
;#####################################################
[External Scripts]
;###########################################
;#Backup checks                            #
;###########################################
check_backup=perl nrpe\check_backup.pl -w 8 -c 15 -n "C:\Program Files\BakBone Software\NetVault"
check_rman=perl nrpe\check_rman.pl -w @wL@ -c @cL@ -l @path to logfile folder@
;###########################################
;#DB     checks                            #
;###########################################
check_oracle=perl nrpe\check_oracle.pl -w 93 -c 96 -d xxxstep -t all
check_ooapilog=perl nrpe\check_ooapilog.pl -d xxxstep
check_automanage=perl nrpe\check_automanage.pl -d xxxstep
check_tablemanage=perl nrpe\check_tablemanage.pl -d xxxstep
;###########################################
;#App1 checks                              #
;###########################################
check_sensors=perl nrpe\check_sensorsq.pl
;###########################################
;#App2 checks                              #
;###########################################
check_websphere=perl nrpe\check_http.pl -d xxx-db2.xxxx.xxx -p @port@ --url /IntegrationAPI/AuthenticationWS --string "Hi there, this is a Web service"
check_websphere_german=perl nrpe\check_http.pl -d xxx-db2.xxxx.xxx -p @port@ --url /IntegrationAPI/AuthenticationWS --string "Dies ist ein Web Service"
check_websphere462=perl nrpe\check_http.pl -d xxx-db2.xxxx.xxx -p 9090
check_ruby_on_rails=perl nrpe\check_http.pl -d xxx-db2.xxxx.xxx --string="Ruby on Rails" -w 2 -c 3
;###########################################
;#Other software check                     #
;###########################################
check_antivir=perl nrpe\check_antivir.pl
;###########################################
;#System checks                            #
;###########################################
check_http=perl nrpe\check_http.pl -d xxx-db2.xxxx.xxx
check_ftp=perl nrpe\check_ftp.pl -d xxx-db2.xxxx.xxx
[External Alias]
check_diskfree_dba=CheckDriveSize ShowAll=long MinWarnFree=0 MinCritFree=0 Drive=C:\ Drive=E:\ Drive=J:\ Drive=K:\ Drive=M:\
check_diskfree=CheckDriveSize MinWarnFree=10 MinCritFree=5 Drive=C:\ Drive=E:\ Drive=J:\ Drive=K:\ Drive=M:\
check_dba_disk=CheckDriveSize ShowAll=long CheckAll MaxWarn=90% MaxCrit=95% FilterType=FIXED
check_eventlog=CheckEventLog file=application file=system MaxWarn=1 MaxCrit=5 truncate=1023 file=system file=application MaxWarn=1 MaxCrit=5 filter-eventType==info filter-eventSource=regexp:Print filter-eventSource=regexp:TermServDevices filter-eventSource=regexp:WinVNC4 filter-eventSource=regexp:DnsApi filter-eventID==1106 filter-eventSource=regexp:WSH filter-eventSource=substr:EntObj filter-eventID==257 filter-eventSource=PerfDisk filter-eventSource=regexp:W32Time filter-eventSource=regexp:hpqilo2
check_load=checkCPU warn=80 crit=90 time=20m time=10s time=4
check_uptime=CheckUpTime MinWarn=30m ShowAll
check_mem=checkMem MaxWarn=95% MaxCrit=99% ShowAll type=physical ShowAll
check_swap=checkMem MaxWarn=80% MaxCrit=90% ShowAll type=page ShowAll
;###########################################
;# App 3 checks                            #
;###########################################
check_backappi=CheckProcState ShowAll backappWebServer.exe=started
check_backapp=CheckProcState ShowAll backapp.exe=started
check_ui=CheckProcState ShowAll MinCritCount=0 MaxCritCount=2 gui.exe=started
;#####################################################
[Wrapped Scripts]
[NSCA Agent]
[NSCA Commands]
[NRPE Client Handlers]

Any help would be greatly appriciated.