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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.<br>
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Kjell Grindalen wrote:
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<div><span class="330483814-13012005"><font face="Arial" size="2">Hello!</font></span></div>
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<div><span class="330483814-13012005"><font face="Arial" size="2">I
have a strange problem with check_procs plugin on solaris 8, which I
compiled for use with nrpe.</font></span></div>
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<div><span class="330483814-13012005"><font face="Arial" size="2">My
nrpe is running as user nagios, under group nagios.</font></span></div>
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<div><span class="330483814-13012005"><font face="Arial" size="2">If
I try to run check_procs as any other user then root, I get: "Unable to
read output" </font></span></div>
<div><span class="330483814-13012005"><font face="Arial" size="2">But
running it as root works perfectly well, unfortunatly I can run nrpe as
root (or rather, luckily, I can't :-) )</font></span></div>
<div><span class="330483814-13012005"><font face="Arial" size="2">All
the nagios/nrpe plugins are owned by the user nagios, and group
ownership is set to nagios as well.</font></span></div>
<div><span class="330483814-13012005"><font face="Arial" size="2">All
my other plugins work both locally and by nrpe from the nagios host
except for the check_procs</font></span></div>
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<div><span class="330483814-13012005"><font face="Arial" size="2">I
tried searching for this problem on google but I found only questions
no answer, so hence...</font></span></div>
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<div><span class="330483814-13012005"><font face="Arial" size="2">Any
idea on what to check out would be greatly appreciated!</font></span></div>
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<div><span class="330483814-13012005"><font face="Arial" size="2">I
run the 1.3.1 plugin package</font></span></div>
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<div><span class="330483814-13012005"><font face="Arial" size="2">Mvh</font></span></div>
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<div><span class="330483814-13012005"><font face="Arial" size="2">Kjell
Grindalen</font></span></div>
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Eric Loyd
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:loyd@cyber.kodak.com">loyd@cyber.kodak.com</a>
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