<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">  <style>  /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} pre {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Courier New";} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:Arial; color:navy;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> I have this problem on my one and only FC2 machine.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I researched the trail and haven’t had time to really address it, google gives this information<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <a href="http://www.nagiosexchange.org/nagiosplug-devel.31.0.html?&tx_maillisttofaq_pi1%5Bmode%5D=1&tx_maillisttofaq_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=6153">http://www.nagiosexchange.org/nagiosplug-devel.31.0.html?&tx_maillisttofaq_pi1%5Bmode%5D=1&tx_maillisttofaq_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=6153</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <pre>From the FAQ of procps:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>'Why does "ps -aux" complain about a bogus '-'?<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>'According to the POSIX and UNIX standards, the above <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>command asks to display all processes with a TTY <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>(generally the commands users are running) plus all <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>processes owned by a user named "x". If that user <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>doesn't exist, then ps will assume you really meant "ps <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>aux". The warning is given to gently break you of a habit <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>that will cause you trouble if a user named "x" were <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>created.'<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Thus the syntax of ps must be corrected. We should get <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>rid of the "-" on "/bin/ps -axwo..." In fact, if I change <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>PS_COMMAND manually on config.h the plugin works as <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>expected:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>[root <at> nagios plugins]# ./check_procs<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>PROCS OK: 470 processes<o:p></o:p></pre> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Fabiano Martins Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 6:07 AM To: Nagios Users List Subject: [Nagios-users] What this message means?<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Hi...<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I would like to know what the following message means...<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> “System call sent warnings to stderr”<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> This occurs when I’m trying to monitor Total Process on a remote host using NRPE.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> To test, I’m typing the command from the Console of the Nagios Server. This message is the that I receive on Nagios screen.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thanks a lot.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Fabiano Martins<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>