Fwd: Re: check_nrpe timeout triggering criticial service notification

[Tony den Haan]

> > I suggest making check_nrpe return STATUS_UNKNOWN in alarm_handler(),
> > instead of STATUS_CRITICAL.
>
> I'll put this on my TODO list for NRPE.  I'll add a command line option
> that will allow either CRITICAL or UNKNOWN on timeouts for check_nrpe.

that would make things easier indeed.
i wrote a possible patch, but attached as whole file since i couldn't help
asking vim to fix indents :)
i'm not sure if it's a good thing to return this selected state on all
connection related errors, but that's how i implemented it here.

tony

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