After adding TMPDIR=/tmp (required for /usr/bin/mail), and running a while, the notifications started trickling in - and there are no longer any errors in /tmp/nagios.out (added >>/tmp/nagios.out 2>&1 to host-notify-by-email).
So, this is now fair game for closure, but I'd like to recommend a comment in /etc/default/nagios2... A commented setting of TMPDIR with a note saying something about pam_tmpdir. Thanks, -- Rick Nelson * wichert_ imagines master without a MTA <james> wichert: ehm? that might hinder peformance of the BTS :p -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

