NRPE gives wrong exit codes

[Ciro Iriarte]

> 2009/9/7 Hiren Patel <hir3npatel at gmail.com>:
>>
>> could you switch on debugging on the nrpe server and paste the logs from
>> running your tests again please, is this the case with any plugin type
>> (something either than check_disk)?
>>

Also tested with check_load:

# After restart
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spmon:~/tmp/analisis # /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nrpe -H billbd2
-c check_load -a 10,9,8  15,14,13
CRITICAL - load average: 16.12, 12.39,
12.48|load1=16.125;10.000;15.000;0; load5=12.391;9.000;14.000;0;
load15=12.484;8.000;13.000;0;
spmon:~/tmp/analisis # echo $?
2
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# Second execution
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spmon:~/tmp/analisis # /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nrpe -H billbd2
-c check_load -a 10,9,8  15,14,13
CRITICAL - load average: 17.09, 12.72,
12.59|load1=17.090;10.000;15.000;0; load5=12.723;9.000;14.000;0;
load15=12.594;8.000;13.000;0;
spmon:~/tmp/analisis # echo $?
0
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# Running it locally
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[root at billbd2 log]# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_load -w 10,9,8 -c 15,14,13
CRITICAL - load average: 15.08, 12.69,
12.59|load1=15.078;10.000;15.000;0; load5=12.691;9.000;14.000;0;
load15=12.590;8.000;13.000;0;
[root at billbd2 log]# echo $?
2

[root at billbd2 log]# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_load -w 10,9,8 -c 15,14,13
WARNING - load average: 14.81, 12.67,
12.58|load1=14.809;10.000;15.000;0; load5=12.668;9.000;14.000;0;
load15=12.582;8.000;13.000;0;
[root at billbd2 log]# echo $?
1
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The truss log can show system calls made during the NRPE response
(like strace on linux).

Regards,

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Ciro Iriarte
http://cyruspy.wordpress.com
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