check_procs: Unknown argument - (null)

[Gavin Henry]

<quote who="Tedman Eng">
>> From: Gavin Henry [mailto:ghenry at suretecsystems.com]
>> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 4:05 PM
>> I can't figure out why I am getting this error:
>>
>> check_procs: Unknown argument - (null)
>>
>>     320 define service{
>>     321         use                             generic-service
>>     322         host_name                       localhost
>>     323         service_description             Total Processes
>>     324         is_volatile                     0
>>     325         check_period                    24x7
>>     326         max_check_attempts              4
>>     327         normal_check_interval           5
>>     328         retry_check_interval            1
>>     329         contact_groups                  admins
>>     330         notification_interval           960
>>     331         notification_period             24x7
>>     332         check_command
>> check_local_procs!250!400
>>     333         }
>>
>> Aren't I giving it parameters here              ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>
>
> Yes, those are parameters.  (about as informative as your question was)

Sorry. I thought I had covered everything, obviously not.

>
>
> Provide some context please.
>
> Wheere are you seeing this "Unknown argument error"?

In the nagios.log and via the web interface.

> What does the pre-flight check say?

nagios -v ??

-----------------------
Nagios 2.0b4
Copyright (c) 1999-2005 Ethan Galstad (http://www.nagios.org)
Last Modified: 08-02-2005
License: GPL

Reading configuration data...

Running pre-flight check on configuration data...

Warning: Size of service_message struct (528 bytes) is > POSIX-guaranteed
atomic  write size (512 bytes).  Service checks results may get lost or
mangled!
Checking services...
        Checked 6 services.
Checking hosts...
        Checked 1 hosts.
Checking host groups...
        Checked 1 host groups.
Checking service groups...
        Checked 0 service groups.
Checking contacts...
        Checked 1 contacts.
Checking contact groups...
        Checked 1 contact groups.
Checking service escalations...
        Checked 0 service escalations.
Checking service dependencies...
        Checked 0 service dependencies.
Checking host escalations...
        Checked 0 host escalations.
Checking host dependencies...
        Checked 0 host dependencies.
Checking commands...
        Checked 22 commands.
Checking time periods...
        Checked 1 time periods.
Checking extended host info definitions...
        Checked 0 extended host info definitions.
Checking extended service info definitions...
        Checked 0 extended service info definitions.
Checking for circular paths between hosts...
Checking for circular host and service dependencies...
Checking global event handlers...
Checking obsessive compulsive processor commands...
Checking misc settings...

Total Warnings: 1
Total Errors:   0

Things look okay - No serious problems were detected during the pre-flight
check
-----------------------

> What is in your checkcommands.cfg section for check_local_procs?
>

define command{
     command_name   check_local_procs
     command_line   $USER1$/check_procs -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ -s $ARG3$
}



-- 
Kind Regards,
Gavin Henry.

Open Source. Open Solutions(tm).

http://www.suretecsystems.com/


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