1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_procs.c b/plugins/check_procs.c
index 737a87b1..ccf0891d 100644
--- a/plugins/check_procs.c
+++ b/plugins/check_procs.c
@@ -204,11 +204,15 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
                 /* Zombie processes do not give a procprog command */
                 if ( cols == 6 && strstr(procstat, zombie) ) {
                         cols = 7;
+                        /* 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 >= 7 ) {
                         resultsum = 0;
                         asprintf (&procargs, "%s", input_buffer + pos);
-                        strip (procargs);
+                        strip (procargs);
 
                         if ((options & STAT) && (strstr (statopts, procstat)))
                                 resultsum |= STAT;