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send_nsca

send_nsca(1)						      General Commands Manual						      send_nsca(1)

NAME

       send_nsca - send passive check results to an NSCA daemon

SYNOPSIS

       send_nsca -H <host_address> [-p port] [-to to_sec] [-d delim] [ -c config_file]

DESCRIPTION

       send_nsca  This	utility  is  used to send passive check results to the NSCA daemon.  Host and Service check data that is to be sent to the
       NSCA daemon is read from standard input. Input should be provided in the following format (tab-delimited unless overriden with  -d  command
       line argument, one entry per line):

       Service Checks
	      <host>	<svc_description>	<return_code>	<plugin_output>


       Host Checks:
	      <host>	<return_code>	<plugin_output>


OPTIONS

       host_address
	      The IP address of the host running the NSCA daemon

       port   The port on which the daemon is running - default is 5667

       to_sec Number of seconds before connection attempt times out.  (default timeout is 10 seconds)

       delim  Delimiter to use when parsing input (defaults to a tab)

       config_file
	      Name of config file to use

SEE ALSO

       nsca(1)

FILES

       /etc/nsca.cfg
	      nsca server configuration

       /etc/send_nsca.cfg
	      send_nsca configuration

AUTHOR

       NSCA was written by Ethan Galstad <nagios@nagios.org>.  This manpage was written by sean finney <seanius@debian.org> for Debian (but it may
       be freely used, modified, and redistributed by others).

nsca								   December 2005						      send_nsca(1)