NRPE error behavior

[Andreas Ericsson]

Jason Martin wrote:
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>>Error messages generated by the daemon are prefixed 'NRPE:', so it's 
>>safe to assume that everything else comes from the plugin.
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> In this case the NRPE daemon on the remote host was not running so that is
> a dangerous assumption.
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>>repository to follow general plugin defaults more closely.
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> Well, since the purpose of check_nrpe is to run other plugins 
> semi-transparently, when it fails to do that the distinction needs to be 
> made where the error lies.
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Didn't think of that. I'll put it back in. What version of NRPE are you 
using? I think the 'CHECK_NRPE:' prefix is removed from the 'all-flavour 
compatible' version I posted a while back.

> Thanks,
> - -Jason Martin

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