NRPE Memory Limit 2GB ??

[Andreas Ericsson]

Wengrzik, Andreas wrote:
> Hi Andreas,
> 
> i would like to come back to this posting...
> Until now i used NSClient, but it caused some errors on several machines...
> 
> Now i want to update the file where the 2GB problem resides...
> Can you help and tell me which file i have to change???
> 

That would be the check_swap or check_mem source-code file.

> Thanks a lot!
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Andreas Ericsson [mailto:ae at op5.se]
>>Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 6:55 PM
>>To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>>Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] NRPE Memory Limit 2GB ??
>>
>>
>>Wengrzik, Andreas wrote:
>>
>>>Hello i run nagios 1.2 with nrpe
>>>the nsclient shows me the correct value of ram, but nrpe stops at
>>>each server at an amount of 2 GB.
>>>
>>
>>This problem has nothing to do with nrpe, but the limited 
>>functionality 
>>of the plugin or its underlying datasource (i.e. another program).
>>
>>I imagine the program where the bug resides uses a signed int 
>>to store 
>>the values of the available RAM. A signed int stores exactly 
>>2GB, so if 
>>it's more than that it would fail (most likely showing 
>>negative numbers 
>>instead). You can easily patch this yourself by looking up 
>>the variable 
>>declaration and change it from int to unsigned long long, which is 
>>capable of holding a number greater than all bytes of RAM 
>>available on 
>>this planet, and shuld thus suffice until it can be properly worked 
>>around. ;-)
>>
>>
>>>SOme one has same problems??
>>
>>If I'm correct, then everybody does, but it's not sure that many have 
>>noticed.
>>
>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>
>>-- 
>>Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson at op5.se
>>OP5 AB                             www.op5.se
>>Lead Developer
>>
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Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson at op5.se
OP5 AB                             www.op5.se
Lead Developer


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