[Nagiosplug-help] check_disk problems

[Subhendu Ghosh]

Can you post your NRPE config bits and the error.

-sg

On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Chris Mathis wrote:

> well i am having almost the same issues with check_nrpe... it spits out 
> the same unable to read output but when i run the program directly on 
> the system check_disk -w 10% -c 5% -p /dev/sda3 it works great but i 
> cant seem to get the output... can anyone help with this...
> 
> 
> Thanks to all who do help
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 11:50:09PM -0500, Subhendu Ghosh wrote:
> > 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.
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> > -sg
> > 
> > 
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