[Nagiosplug-help] Probelm with check_procs on solaris 8

[Eric Loyd]

There is a bug in the check_procs 1.3 executable under Solaris 8 where 
short-term zombie processes cause it to fail.  We have a patched version 
that I can send you if you'd like.

Kjell Grindalen wrote:

> Hello!
>  
> I have a strange problem with check_procs plugin on solaris 8, which I 
> compiled for use with nrpe.
>  
> My nrpe is running as user nagios, under group nagios.
>  
> If I try to run check_procs as any other user then root, I get: 
> "Unable to read output"
> But running it as root works perfectly well, unfortunatly I can run 
> nrpe as root (or rather, luckily,  I can't :-) )
> All the nagios/nrpe plugins are owned by the user nagios, and group 
> ownership is set to nagios as well.
> All my other plugins work both locally and by nrpe from the nagios 
> host except for the check_procs
>  
> I tried searching for this problem on google but I found only 
> questions no answer, so hence...
>  
> Any idea on what to check out would be greatly appreciated!
>  
> I run the 1.3.1 plugin package
>  
>  
> Mvh
>  
> Kjell Grindalen
>  
>  


-- 
Eric Loyd
loyd at cyber.kodak.com

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