check_procs (nagios-plugins 1.3.1) 1.9.2.1

[Sandor W. Sklar]

thanks for the tip, but I tried as both root and an unprivilaged  
user, with the same result.  On Solaris, it can't match against a  
process name, but it works fine on AIX 5.2 and RHEL4.

	-s-

On May 22, 2007, at 2:07 AM, Hari Sekhon wrote:

> I'm not sure about your cases but when running check_procs on  
> hardened gentoo servers, their hardened kernels stop user accounts  
> from seeing all other users processes. The only user who can see  
> other user's processes is the root user.
>
> Therefore I run my proc checks with sudo and then it works.
>
> Are you running check_procs as the nagios user? Have you tried  
> running it as root?
>
> -h
>
> Hari Sekhon
>
>
>
> Sandor W. Sklar wrote:
>> This is not useful, but I reported an identical problem on Solaris  
>> 8,  and got no replies.
>>
>> 	-s-
>>
>> On May 21, 2007, at 12:12 PM, abid dar wrote:
>>
>>
>>> That didn't work either.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: "Mies, Christian" <c.mies at itnovum.de>
>>> To: abid dar <snyper9311 at yahoo.com>; Nagios-  
>>> users at lists.sourceforge.net
>>> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 2:50:52 PM
>>> Subject: AW: [Nagios-users] check_procs (nagios-plugins 1.3.1)  
>>> 1.9.2.1
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> try it with the '-a' Parameter.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Christian
>>>
>>>
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>>>> Betreff: [Nagios-users] check_procs (nagios-plugins 1.3.1) 1.9.2.1
>>>>
>>>> When I run check_procs I get:
>>>>
>>>> ../libexec/check_procs
>>>> OK - 4 processes running
>>>>
>>>> ../libexec/check_procs -C nrpe
>>>> OK - 0 processes running with command name nrpe
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ../libexec/check_procs -C "/usr/local/nagios/nrpe -c
>>>> /usr/local/nagios/nrpe.cfg -d"
>>>> OK - 0 processes running with command name
>>>> /usr/local/nagios/nrpe -c /usr/local/nagios/nrpe.cfg -d
>>>>
>>>> This is on a Tru64 (alpha) box.
>>>>
>>>> Why doesnt is show the process that I specify (no matter how I
>>>> call it) is running?
>>>>
>>>> suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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