2 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index f6c33dc6..3173d6d4 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -737,12 +737,15 @@ then
         ac_cv_ps_cols=7
         AC_MSG_RESULT([$ac_cv_ps_command - with no RSS])
 
+dnl Solaris 2.6
 elif ps -Ao 's comm vsz rss uid user ppid args' 2>/dev/null | \
         egrep -i ["^S[TAUES]* +C[OMDNA]+ +V[SIZE]+ +RSS +UID +USER +PPID +[RGSCOMDNA]+"] >/dev/null
 then
         ac_cv_ps_varlist="[procstat,&procuid,&procppid,&procvsz,&procrss,&procpcpu,procprog,&pos]"
         ac_cv_ps_command="$PATH_TO_PS -Ao 's uid ppid vsz rss pcpu comm args'"
-        ac_cv_ps_format="%s %d %d %d %d %f %s %n"
+        # There must be no space between the %s and %n due to a wierd problem in sscanf where
+        # it will return %n as longer than the line length
+        ac_cv_ps_format="%s %d %d %d %d %f %s%n"
         ac_cv_ps_cols=8
         AC_MSG_RESULT([$ac_cv_ps_command])
 
diff --git a/plugins/check_procs.c b/plugins/check_procs.c
index edb33aca..402daa53 100644
--- a/plugins/check_procs.c
+++ b/plugins/check_procs.c
@@ -155,10 +155,6 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
                 /* Zombie processes do not give a procprog command */
                 if ( cols == (expected_cols - 1) && strstr(procstat, zombie) ) {
                         cols = expected_cols;
-                        /* Set some value for procargs for the strip command further below 
-                        Seen to be a problem on some Solaris 7 and 8 systems */
-                        input_buffer[pos] = '\n';
-                        input_buffer[pos+1] = 0x0;
                 }
                 if ( cols >= expected_cols ) {
                         resultsum = 0;