check_disk on Solaris 8 and 9

[Aaron Carr]

I understand what Luc is saying.

If I do "which df" I get "/usr/bin/df".

/usr/bin/df is actually a symlink. /usr/bin/df -> ../sbin/df

The binary that's linked to is the one I replaced, with no effect.

Aaron

On 11/8/05, Frank, Jason <JasonFrank at srcp.com> wrote:
>
> *From:* nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:
> nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] *On Behalf Of *Aaron Carr
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 08, 2005 12:14 PM
> *To:* nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Nagios-users] check_disk on Solaris 8 and 9
>
> At this point, I've tried copying the df binary from a known good machine,
> with no effect. I still get the "Disk "" not mounted or nonexistant" error.
>
> I also tried copying the df from /usr/xpg4/bin/ to /usr/sbin/, same thing.
> No difference.
>
> Aaron
>
> On 11/8/05, Luc I. Suryo <luc at suryo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Has anyone resolved the issue with the check_disk plugin on Solaris
> > > returning "Disk "" not mounted or nonexistant"?
> > >
> > > I have two Solaris machines that were here before I started this
> > position
> > > that both return the above error when check_disk is run. One is
> > Solaris 8,
> > > one is 9, both are SPARC. The error occurs regardless of whether I run
> > it
> > > via ssh (which is how all of my actual checks get run) or locally.
> > It's also
> > > the same result whether I leave it blank (to check all partitions),
> > use
> > > mount points, or use disk devices.
> > >
> > > I searched the archives and found several emails about the error, but
> > none
> > > seemt to successfully address the problem.
> > >
> >
> > the reasom, I believe is do the df. use/defined during compilation..
> > /usr/xpg4/bin/df -Pk
> > and the -P is unknow to Solaris
> >
> > 'hack' the sources with correct flags and you should be ok, I had to do
> > that too, running on solaris 7, 8, 9(x86/sparc), and 10(x86/sparc) all
> > working properly
> >
> >
> > -ls
> >
>
> I think you're misunderstanding what Luc is saying. The problem is that
> the df command that you're running does not accept the -P option, so it give
> up, and leaves everything in a funky state. The version in /usr/xpg4/bin
> does:
>  bash-2.05$ /usr/xpg4/bin/df -Pk
> Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on
> /dev/md/dsk/d1 36357261 10268500 25725189 29% /
> /proc 0 0 0 0% /proc
> mnttab 0 0 0 0% /etc/mnttab
> fd 0 0 0 0% /dev/fd
> swap 3604088 24 3604064 1% /var/run
> swap 3604080 16 3604064 1% /tmp
>  but the version in /usr/bin does not:
> bash-2.05$ /usr/bin/df -Pk
> df: unknown option: P
> Usage: df [-F FSType] [-abeghklntVv] [-o FSType-specific_options]
> [directory | block_device | resource]
>  Copying the version from /usr/xpg4/bin to /usr/sbin won't fix anything,
> since it's likely trying to run from /usr/bin. If you copy the version from
> /usr/xpg4/bin to /usr/bin, you're going to be disappointed in how Solaris
> reacts. The proper fix is to change the check_disk program to use the
> version in /usr/bin/xpg4. To be honest, I don't remember if the path is set
> by your PATH during configure, a hard coded path, or your PATH at runtime.
> Perhaps someone can fill in the blank there. It would be easy enough to test
> with changing your path though.
>  Jason
>
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