check_procs (nagios-plugins 1.3.1) 1.9.2.1

[Ford, Andy]

If you add "-vv" to your check_procs invocation, you will see the form of "ps" that check_procs is using and verify for yourself exactly why it's broken.

Andy Ford
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andyford at agedwards.com
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net 
> [mailto:nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf 
> Of Sandor W. Sklar
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 3:18 PM
> To: Christian Nilsson - op5
> Cc: Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] check_procs (nagios-plugins 1.3.1) 1.9.2.1
> 
> Ah, yes, I think is exactly the problem:  a bug in the check_procs  
> command.  I just wasn't sure if this was "known" bug being 
> worked on,  
> or if I was the only one to encounter this problem.
> 
> Thanks,
> 	-s-
> 
> On May 22, 2007, at 1:13 PM, Christian Nilsson - op5 wrote:
> 
> > I think this is a bug in check_proc. At least I never got it to  
> > work on Solaris 8 and 9. If i remember it correctly it had  
> > something to do with the ps command... with the -C flag nothing  
> > matches but i got it to work with -a but in this case you also get  
> > a result matching "grep procname". Maybe something you can live  
> > with until it's fixed?
> >
> > Regards
> > Christian
> >
> > Sandor W. Sklar wrote:
> >> 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
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> >>>>>> Von: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net
> >>>>>> [mailto:nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] Im Auftrag
> >>>>>> von abid dar
> >>>>>> Gesendet: Montag, 21. Mai 2007 20:04
> >>>>>> An: Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> >>>>>> 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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