I spoke too soon. That broke all of my other more complex process checking and it now sees 0 procs for everything else. What are the other caveats for -C ?
Looking for: /usr/sbin/pdns_server --config-name=private --daemon --guardian=yes by using: command[check_pdns_config_priv]=/bin/bash -c "/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_procs -w 1:1 -c 1:1 -C \"pdns_server --config-name=private\"" Now reports: PROCS CRITICAL: 0 processes with command name 'pdns_server --config-name=private' C O N V I V A Kimberly McKinnis | Systems Engineer, Service Delivery | k...@conviva.com | Mobile: 724.612.2716 | 2 WATERS PARK DRIVE | SUITE 150 | SAN MATEO | CA | 94403 | www.conviva.com | On 8/11/11 3:06 AM, "Axel Rosenski" <rosen...@wave-computer.de> wrote: >Hi, > >Am Mittwoch, 10. Aug. 11, 18:24:17 schrieb Kimberly McKinnis: >> Thank you for that observation. I was being dumb with the quoting. >> ButŠit's still not working correctly. >> >> The commands work properly on the command line on the host (admin1), but >> the Nagios server (monitor1) sees +1 count again. I am very confused by >> this. Does Nagios server force it back to the dash shell in Ubuntu? I >> thought maybe the +1 was transient because I ran the check manual, but >>all >> of the checks are also reporting +1 and I haven't run them manually. > >I got this Problem, too. >It looks like -a counts it's own process grep. >Use -C to fix that. > >Regards, Axel > >-- >Axel Rosenski >- Administration - >______________________________ >Wave Computersysteme GmbH >Philipp-Reis-Str. 1-3 / 9 >35440 Linden > >Geschäftsführer: Carsten Kellmann >Registergericht Gießen HRB 1823 > >Tel.: +49 (0)6403 / 9050 8317 >Fax: +49 (0)6403 / 9050 5089 >mailto:rosen...@wave-computer.de >http://www.wave-computer.de > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- >Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, >user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take >the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the >tools developers use with it. >http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-dev2dev >_______________________________________________ >Nagios-users mailing list >Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users >::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when >reporting any issue. >::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null