check_procs count going haywire on Ubuntu - still broken

[Kimberly McKinnis]

Yes, but that also made it worse :( There's only one process running, but
Nagios now reports three. I am really stuck here.

>From /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg on admin1
command[check_pdns_recursor]=/etc/nagios/pdns_recursor.sh

root at admin1:/etc/nagios# less pdns_recursor.sh
#!/bin/bash

/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_procs -w 1:1 -c 1:1 -a pdns_recursor
root at monitor1:~# /bin/bash -c "/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nrpe -H
admin1.cgx1.prod.conviva.com -c check_pdns_recursor"
PROCS CRITICAL: 3 processes with args 'pdns_recursor'

root at admin1:/etc/nagios# ps wgaux | grep recursor
root     14508  0.0  0.0   8952   876 pts/1    S+   18:59   0:00 grep
--color=auto recursor
pdns     25186  0.0  0.0 110124  1884 ?        Ssl  Aug09   0:03
/usr/sbin/pdns_recursor --config-dir=/etc/powerdns/recursor-public.d








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On 8/10/11 11:43 AM, "up at 3.am" <up at 3.am> wrote:

>
>I have no idea, but that would seem unlikely.  Have you tried my other
>suggestion?:
>
>command[check_pdns_config_pub]=/path/to/your/bash-script
>
>in bash-script:
>
>#!/bin/bash
>
>/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_procs -w 1:1 -c 1:1 -a pdns_recursor
>
>
>In effect creating a bash wrapper for the plugin.
>
>> Thank you for that observation. I was being dumb with the quoting.
>> ButSit's still not working correctly.
>>
>> The commands work properly on the command line on the host (admin1), but
>> the Nagios server (monitor1) sees +1 count again. I am very confused by
>> this. Does Nagios server force it back to the dash shell in Ubuntu? I
>> thought maybe the +1 was transient because I ran the check manual, but
>>all
>> of the checks are also reporting +1 and I haven't run them manually.
>>
>> My check looks like: command[check_pdns_recursor]=/bin/bash -c
>> "/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_procs -w 1:1 -c 1:1 -a pdns_recursor"
>>
>>
>> root at admin1:~# /bin/bash -c "/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_procs -w 1:1
>>-c
>> 1:1 -a pdns_recursor"
>> PROCS OK: 1 process with args 'pdns_recursor'
>>
>> But the server reports:
>>
>>
>> root at monitor1:/etc/nagios3/conf.d# /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nrpe -H
>> admin2.cgx1.prod.conviva.com -c check_pdns_recursor
>> PROCS CRITICAL: 2 processes with args 'pdns_recursor'
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> C O N V I V A
>> Kimberly McKinnis | Systems Engineer, Service Delivery |
>>kim at conviva.com |
>> Mobile: 724.612.2716 |
>> 2 WATERS PARK DRIVE  |  SUITE 150  |  SAN MATEO  |  CA  |  94403  |
>> www.conviva.com |
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8/9/11 5:17 PM, "up at 3.am" <up at 3.am> wrote:
>>
>>>> After wondering why all of the processes I'm checking with check_procs
>>>> were counting an extra, I discovered the bug with /bin/dash under
>>>>Debian
>>>> [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=626913]
>>>>
>>>> As a workaround (because I'm not interested in changing the default
>>>>shell
>>>> for the entire server), I called /bin/bash when defining my commands
>>>>in
>>>> nrpe.cfg. Now they're going haywire in a different way. For instance:
>>>>
>>>> command[check_pdns_config_pub]=/bin/bash -c
>>>> /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_procs -w 1:1 -c 1:1 -a "pdns_server
>>>> --config-name=public"
>>>
>>>Wait...looks like your quotes are in the wrong place.  Try:
>>>
>>> command[check_pdns_config_pub]=/bin/bash -c
>>>"/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_procs
>>>-w 1:1 -c 1:1 -a pdns_server --config-name=public"
>>>
>>>Everything after -c should be in double quotes.
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