<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2653.12"> <TITLE>check_snmp.c</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> hi all, i had a closer look at check_snmp.c and found something i don't like ;-)) > if (found == 0) > die (STATE_UNKNOWN, > _("%s problem - No data recieved from host\nCMD: %s\n"), > label, > command_line); > > /* WARNING if output found on stderr */ > if (fgets (input_buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_stderr)) > result = max_state (result, STATE_WARNING); > as you can see, if there is no data read from remote snmpd (in my case snmpd died), snmpget writes some messages to stderr, but check_snmp will silently ignore these messages.... maybe a first (quick and dirty ;-) aproach would be: > /* WARNING if output found on stderr */ > if (fgets (input_buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_stderr)) > result = max_state (result, STATE_WARNING); > > /* close stderr */ > (void) fclose (child_stderr); > > /* close the pipe */ > if (spclose (child_process)) > result = max_state (result, STATE_WARNING); > > if (found == 0) > die (STATE_UNKNOWN, > _("%s problem - No data recieved from host, CMD: %s, Result: %s\n"), > label, command_line, input_buffer); > cheers, Chris ___________________________________________________________ Christian Masopust SIEMENS AG PSE SMC CI E CM Tel: +43 (0) 5 1707 26866 E-mail: christian.masopust@siemens.com Addr: Austria, 1210 Vienna, Siemensstraße 90-92, B. 34, Rm. 3057 ___________________________________________________________ </BODY> </HTML>