check_procs returning wrong data

[Andreas Ericsson]

On 06/17/2012 03:47 PM, Axel Amigo Arnold wrote:
> Hello, I am using nagios plugins 1.4.15 and I have a question about the
> check_procs plugin.
> 
> If I execute it as *root*:
> root at localhost[/usr/local/nagios/libexec]# ./check_procs -w 50 -c 100
> PROCS CRITICAL: 126 processes
> 
> Now if I do it as *nagios user*:
> nagios at localhost[/usr/local/nagios/libexec]# ./check_procs -w 50 -c 100
> PROCS OK: 2 processes
> 
> Obviously it gives me the result of doing *ps *as the selected user, and I
> don't want this to happen like this.
>> From the remote Nagios Server using NRPE, I also have the wrong result of 2
> processes.
> Is there a fix for this? May I have to write a script for myself?
> 

The only fix is to run check_procs as root, or make the plugins suid
root. Writing your own script won't work either, since it's the kernel
blocking access to other users' processes.

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