HOST ALERT: hostabc;DOWN;SOFT;1;Segmentation fault

[Ryan Whalen]

OS is FreeBSD (5.4 i think?) and Nagios version is 2.0b4....not using any
extra plugins or anything.

On 3/8/06, Marc Powell <marc at ena.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> > admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Ryan Whalen
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 7:39 AM
> > To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: [Nagios-users] HOST ALERT: hostabc;DOWN;SOFT;1;Segmentation
> fault
> >
> > Last night I received three alerts from devices that were down.  The
> only
> > service I am monitoring is ping.  Instead of how it normally indicates
> it
> > didnt receive a response, or timed out, the problem was identified as
> a
> > "Segmentation Fault":
> >
> >
> > [03-08-2006 00:37:50] HOST ALERT: host_1;DOWN;SOFT;1;Segmentation
> fault
> >
> >
> > Any ideas what a segmentation fault means?  it seems like a problem
> with
> > the nagios box and not the monitoring host..
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hs=NoO&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.m
> ozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=segmentation+fault&btnG=Search
>
> Consider it a program crash. What OS, plugin and nagios versions are you
> using? This could be interesting to troubleshoot. My feeling is that
> it's /bin/ping that is segfaulting when the site is down. I would have
> expected nagios to report a different kind of error if the plugin
> crashed (i.e. check of service foo on host bar did not exit properly). I
> think the only way you're going to be able to narrow it down is to try
> the check_ping command and using /bin/ping directly when you see this to
> see which it is.
>
> The only seemingly relevant mention I can find of a check_ping segfault
> is at the bottom of this thread --
>
> http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:Svba1PNB27oJ:www.nagiosexchange.org
> /nagiosplug-devel.31.0.html%3F%26tx_maillisttofaq_pi1%255Bmode%255D%3D1%
> 26tx_maillisttofaq_pi1%255BshowUid%255D%3D15650+nagios+check_ping+segfau
> lt&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1&client=firefox-a
>
> Andreas Ericsson was troubleshooting a segfault issue but it isn't clear
> whether that was check_ping segfaulting or /bin/ping.
>
> Not much help I know but it's all I can offer.
>
> --
> Marc
>
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