What this message means?

[Nathan Oyler]

I have this problem on my one and only FC2 machine.

 

I researched the trail and haven't had time to really address it, google
gives this information

 

http://www.nagiosexchange.org/nagiosplug-devel.31.0.html?&tx_maillisttof
aq_pi1%5Bmode%5D=1&tx_maillisttofaq_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=6153

 

>From the FAQ of procps:
 
'Why does "ps -aux" complain about a bogus '-'?
 
'According to the POSIX and UNIX standards, the above 
command asks to display all processes with a TTY 
(generally the commands users are running) plus all 
processes owned by a user named "x". If that user 
doesn't exist, then ps will assume you really meant "ps 
aux". The warning is given to gently break you of a habit 
that will cause you trouble if a user named "x" were 
created.'
 
Thus the syntax of ps must be corrected. We should get 
rid of the "-" on "/bin/ps -axwo..." In fact, if I change 
PS_COMMAND manually on config.h the plugin works as 
expected:
 
[root <at> nagios plugins]# ./check_procs
PROCS OK: 470 processes

 

 

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From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Fabiano
Martins
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 6:07 AM
To: Nagios Users List
Subject: [Nagios-users] What this message means?

 

Hi...

 

I would like to know what the following message means...

 

"System call sent warnings to stderr"

 

This occurs when I'm trying to monitor Total Process on a remote host
using NRPE.

 

To test, I'm typing the command from the Console of the Nagios Server.
This message is the that I receive on Nagios screen.

 

Thanks a lot.

 

Fabiano Martins

 

 

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