[Nagiosplug-help] Problem with NRPE and check_procs with -C or -a usage

[Arthur Franke]

Thanks for the reply.  Yes, many times.

-Arthur


On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Michael Saldivar <
mike.saldivar at advocatecreditrepair.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Arthur Franke <arthurjfranke at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> I'm trying to check for the presence of a particular process on a remove
>> machine using NRPE and check_procs with a -a or -C argument.  I have defined
>> on the remote machine's nrpe_local.cfg:
>>
>> command[check_foo]=/usr/nagios/plugins/check_procs -c 1:1 -C foo
>>
>> Running a similar command locally on that machine works fine:
>>
>> $ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_procs -c 1:1 -C foo
>> PROCS OK: 1 process with command name 'foo'
>>
>> But when I try to run the command from the Nagios server, I get the
>> following result:
>>
>> $ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nrpe -H remote.host -c check_foo
>> NRPE: Unable to read output
>>
>> Whereas other monitored services work fine:
>> $ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nrpe -H remote.host -c check_procs
>> PROCS OK: 97 processes
>>
>
>
>  Just to be certain, did you restart the nrpe daemon on remote.host after
> modifying its nrpe.cfg file?
>
>
>
> --
> Mike Saldivar
>
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