Difference between check_multi output on host and output received by chech_by_ssh

[Tim Edwards]

If I run the following command on a particular nagios client machine it
produces a whole lot of output, including that from our sendmail
mailqueue check:
/usr/local/nagios/checks/check_multi -f
/usr/local/nagios/checks//systemhealth.cmd -r 11 -l
/usr/local/nagios/checks/
..snip a whole lot of output
</td><td>system_mailqueue</td><td>OK: mailq is
empty</td></tr></table></div></div>|check_multi::check_multi::plugins=11
time=0.423339 system_load::check_load::load1=0.000;10.000;20.000;0;
load5=0.000;8.000;16.000;0; load15=0.000;6.000;12.000;0;
system_rootdisk::check_disk::/=1786MB;9420;9717;0;9916
system_allpartitions::default::/=1786MB;9420;9717;0;9916
/diska=150MB;9575;9877;0;10079 system_swap::check_swap::swap=0MB;0;0;0;0
system_users::check_users::users=2;15;25;0
system_time::check_ntp_time::offset=-0.002085s;60.000000;120.000000;
system_mailqueue::check_mailq::unsent=0;1;10;0

However when I run it from the nagios server I don't see the output from
our sendmail mailqueue check, which is the last check listed in our
/usr/local/nagios/checks/systemhealth.cmd file:

<td></td><td></td><td>system_mailqueue</td><td></td></tr></table></div></div>|check_multi::check_multi::plugins=11
time=0.309348 system_load::check_load::load1=0.000;10.000;20.000;0;
load5=0.000;8.000;16.000;0; load15=0.000;6.000;12.000;0;
system_rootdisk::check_disk::/=1786MB;9420;9717;0;9916
system_allpartitions::default::/=1786MB;9420;9717;0;9916
/diska=150MB;9575;9877;0;10079 system_swap::check_swap::swap=0MB;0;0;0;0
system_users::check_users::users=2;15;25;0
system_time::check_ntp_time::offset=-0.002565s;60.000000;120.000000;

Full commands and output at http://pastebin.com/vEWBa033

Anyone have any ideas what could be causing the difference?

Tim Edwards

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