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+.\"                                      Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*-
+.\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
+.\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
+.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
+.TH NAGIOS-NRPE 8 "January 14, 2004"
+.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
+.\"
+.\" Some roff macros, for reference:
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+.\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7)
+.SH NAME
+nrpe \- Nagios Remote Plugin Executor - Server
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B nagios-nrpe
+\fI[-n] -c <config_file> [-4|-6] <mode>\fR
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+The purpose of this addon is to allow you to execute Nagios plugins on a
+remote host in as transparent a manner as possible.
+.PP
+This program runs as a background process on the remote host and processes
+command execution requests from the check_nrpe plugin on the Nagios host.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+\fB\-n\fR               = Do not use SSL
+.TP
+\fB\-c\fR <config_file> = Name of config file to use
+.TP
+\fB\-4\fR               = Use IPv4 only
+.TP
+\fB\-6\fR               = Use IPv6 only
+.TP
+<mode>           = One of the following two operating modes:
+.TP
+  \fB\-i\fR             =    Run as a service under inetd or xinetd
+.TP
+  \fB\-d\fR             =    Run as a standalone daemon
+.TP
+  \fB\-d \-s\fR          =    Run as a subsystem under AIX
+.TP
+  \fB\-f\fR             =    Don't fork() for systemd, launchd, etc.
+.PP
+Notes:
+This program is designed to process requests from the check_nrpe
+plugin on the host(s) running Nagios.  It can run as a service
+under inetd or xinetd (read the docs for info on this), or as a
+standalone daemon. Once a request is received from an authorized
+host, NRPE will execute the command/plugin (as defined in the
+config file) and return the plugin output and return code to the
+check_nrpe plugin.
+.SH AUTHOR
+This manual page was written by Jason Thomas <jason@debian.org>,
+for the Debian project (but may be used by others).