check_procs -C on AIX 5L

[Voon, Ton]

Ralph,

Which version of the plugins are you using? The 1.4alpha release has some
significant changes and includes using a different ps command.

Ton

> -----Original Message-----
> From: RyeR at schneider.com [mailto:RyeR at schneider.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 6:17 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] check_procs -C on AIX 5L
> 
> 
> I am having issues with the check_procs command on AIX 5L 
> systems.  There
> is certain instance where it will report a Critical state of 
> no processes
> existing, when indeed the process does exist.  After digging, 
> I believe it
> is issuing a ps -el.  I have also changed the check_proc.c 
> code to use the
> verbose setting.  This the output when I run the command on a 
> AIX 5L system
> 
> root $ ./check_procs -w 1: -c 1: -C syslogd
> /usr/bin/ps -el
> Not parseable:   200003 A   0      1      0   0  60 20 fb8f000  1928
> -  0:28 init
> Not parseable:   240001 A   0 131178 155720   0  60 20 1cd1c400   604
> -  0:00 syslogd
> Not parseable:   240001 A   0 155720      1   0  60 20 2ce2400   712
> -  0:00 srcmstr
> Not parseable:   240001 A   0 172076 155720   0  60 20 7d27400  3036
> -  0:07 sendmail
> Not parseable:   240001 A   0 180272 155720   0  60 20 10d30400  1784
> -  0:04 portmap
> Not parseable:   240001 A   0 188462 155720   0  60 20 6d26400   644
> -  0:00 inetd
> Not parseable:   240001 A   0 196656 155720   0  48  8 1ad3a400   828
> -  0:00 xntpd
> Not parseable:   240001 A   0 204852 155720   0  60 20 1d41400   720
> -  7:54 dpid2
> Not parseable:   240001 A   0 213044 155720   0  60 20 dd4d400   804
> -  0:40 hostmibd
> Not parseable:   240001 A   0 245824 155720   0  60 20 d60400   356
> -  0:00 biod
> Not parseable:   240001 A   1 262212 155720   0  60 20 cd4c400  2092
> -  0:00 rpc.statd
> Not parseable:   240001 A   0 327772 155720   0  60 20 15db5400  1656
> -  0:00 dtlogin
> Not parseable:    40001 A 560 344258 696544   0  60 20 638e400  1968
> -  0:00 sshd
> Not parseable:    40001 A   0 385120      1   0  60 20 3de3400   308
> -  0:00 diagd
> Not parseable:   240001 A   0 434326 491674   0  60 20 bfcb400  2944
> - 499:32 dtgreet
> Not parseable:   200001 A   0 548906 524386   1  60 20 12c9a400   316
> pts/0  0:00 ps
> Not parseable:   240001 A 560 630858 344258   0  60 20 68e1400   680
> pts/0  0:00 ksh
> Not parseable:    40001 A   0 639090      1   0  60 20 1b1b3400  1292
> -  0:00 sshd
> Not parseable:   200001 A   0 647304 630858   1  60 20 5503400   876
> pts/0  0:00 ksh
> Not parseable:    40001 A   0 663802      1   0  60 20 1bddb400   416
> -  0:02 prngd
> syslogd CRITICAL - 0 processes running with command name syslogd
> 
> So of course any process listed as "not pareable" does not 
> correctly work.
> 
> I was hoping someone might have run into this, before I have 
> to resort to
> looking at the source code.
> 
> Thanks
> Ralph
> 
> 
> 
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