I'll send the output when I get back to the office tomorrow. I have also asked our AIX guru about the general availability of /usr/sysv/bin/ps binary. When you read the man page both versions of ps are covered so I imagine it is part of the base OS, but I will confirm. I have still yet to find the proper syntax of /usr/bin/ps. It seems printing all the required fields in one command is not possible (stat, uid, pid, ppid, vsz, rss, pcpu, etime, comm, args). I'd love to donate to tinderbox, but I don't think my employer would allow it, that and our network is fairly restricted. Our shop has pretty much everything (aix 5.2 5.3 6.1 sol 8,9,10, hpux 10.20,11.00, 11.11, 11.23, linux*), so if there is anything I can do to assist, let me know. FYI I just tested the exact same ps options on solaris 8 (using /usr/bin/ps instead) and it fixed my etime issue. I believe my currently compiled check_procs on solaris10 is working, but I think i modified the ps command during compile time as well (this was a build against 1.4.11) I started trying to figure out pst3 but it appears that /usr/ucb/ps does not behave the same as /usr/bin/ps and some of the fields are named differently. I need to get a better understand of the /proc structure in solaris. --kyleo <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Ton Voon <<a href="mailto:ton.voon@opsera.com">ton.voon@opsera.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi Kyle, <div><div></div><div class="h5"> On 3 Mar 2009, at 20:09, Kyle O'Donnell wrote: > It appears the the default ps command for AIX does not include the rss > and etime output. I have not been able to formulate a proper > /usr/bin/ps command to obtain all of the required ps fields for check > procs. However, I have been able to use /usr/sysv/bin/ps which can be > used in the following way: > > --with-ps-command=/usr/sysv/bin/ps -eo 's uid pid ppid vsz rss pcpu > etime comm args' --with-ps-format=%s %d %d %d %d %d %f %s %s %n > --with-ps-cols=10 > --with-ps- > varlist > = > procstat > ,&procuid > ,&procpid > ,&procppid,&procvsz,&procrss,&procpcpu,procetime,procprog,&pos > > Here is the default compiled check_procs > /opt/nagios/libexec/check_procs -w 1 -c 1 -m RSS -C init -vv > CMD: /usr/bin/ps -eo 'stat uid pid ppid vsz pcpu comm args' > RSS OK: 1 process with command name 'init' > > /opt/nagios/libexec/check_procs -w 420 -c 420 -m RSS -C init -vv > CMD: /usr/bin/ps -eo 'stat uid pid ppid vsz pcpu comm args' > RSS OK: 1 process with command name 'init' > > > Here is the one I compiled with the options above: > ./plugins/check_procs -w 1 -c 1 -m RSS -C init -vv > CMD: /usr/sysv/bin/ps -eo 's uid pid ppid vsz rss pcpu etime comm > args' > Matched: uid=0 vsz=636 rss=420 pid=1 ppid=0 pcpu=0.00 stat=A > etime=209-02:58:19 prog=init args=/etc/init > RSS CRITICAL: 1 crit, 0 warn out of 1 process with command name > 'init' [init] > > ./plugins/check_procs -w 420 -c 420 -m RSS -C init -vv > CMD: /usr/sysv/bin/ps -eo 's uid pid ppid vsz rss pcpu etime comm > args' > Matched: uid=0 vsz=636 rss=420 pid=1 ppid=0 pcpu=0.00 stat=A > etime=209-03:00:03 prog=init args=/etc/init > RSS OK: 1 process with command name 'init' > > > I'll continue working on the /usr/bin/ps syntax, but here is a work > around. </div></div>That's an interesting workaround. Can you send me a complete ps output for that sysv ps (with any sensitive data scrubbed) as I want to create a test case for this. I'm always a little bit wary of putting changes to the configure script for the ps syntax checking, especially if we can't see the impact it has made on other OSes. Also, would you be interested in donating a tinderbox build server: <a href="http://tinderbox.opsera.com/nagiosplug/status.html" target="_blank">http://tinderbox.opsera.com/nagiosplug/status.html</a> . This helps us see what is building and what is failing on your favourite OS. Instructions here: <a href="http://nagiosplugins.opsera.com/tinderbox" target="_blank">http://nagiosplugins.opsera.com/tinderbox</a> Ton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD <a href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H" target="_blank">http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H</a> _______________________________________________________ Nagios Plugin Development Mailing List <a href="mailto:Nagiosplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net">Nagiosplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net</a> Unsubscribe at <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagiosplug-devel" target="_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagiosplug-devel</a> ::: Please include plugins version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null </blockquote></div>