[Nagiosplug-help] check_disk problems

[Subhendu Ghosh]

On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Todd Bushnell wrote:

> I have two problems with check_disk:
> 
> 1.  I need to exclude multiple nfs mounts on several systems, but the -x
> option does not seem to work with multiple exclusions.  There are way
> too many fs' to do individually, but I came across some info that
> suggested I can reconfigure plugins to use a modification of the df
> command.  How can I reconfigure a plug-in?  Is this done prior to
> compiling?

Currently -x only accepts one argument.

To modify the command - edit "configure.in"
search for "DF_COMMAND"
replace "df -Pk" with "df -Pkl"

run tools/setup
run configure
run make


> 
> 2.  check_by_ssh.... check_disk commands on my AIX boxes yield a message
> "Unable to read output".  I hopped on the box and discovered that
> problem is due to /proc: -={tbushnel at sfodtijct001}=- pts
> -={16:23/04-Mar-03}=- -={$:/usr/local/nagios/libexec}=-./check_disk -w
> 20% -c 10% Unable to read output: /usr/bin/df -Pk /proc - - - - /proc
> 
> If I choose any other device other than /proc it works okay, but the -x
> /proc option does not help my problem.  These boxes have a bunch of
> mounts so doing them individually is a LAST resort.
> 
> Any solutions for either of my problems? 
> 

is the output of /proc on one line or multiple lines?  

check_disk currently has a problem with multiline output.

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-sg