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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Posting your check configuration is really helpful in cases like this. It’s almost impossible to give a good answer without knowing how you’ve set the check up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Marco Borsani [mailto:m.borsani@it.net] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 31, 2012 6:52 AM<br><b>To:</b> NAGIOS<br><b>Subject:</b> [Nagios-users] check_memory does not work properly<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT>Hi all<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I am using a simple plug-in to check the nagios server memory.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>When I run it like user Nagios, it works perfectly. I see this output:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>OK - free memory is 40% which is within expected threshold| mem=40;10;5;0;100<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>When I run it with Nagios program I receive this notification:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>…..<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-GB>Command: check_local_memory<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-GB>State: WARNING<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-GB>Message: (null)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>….<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Any idea ?<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div></div></body></html>