[Nagiosplug-devel] [ nagiosplug-Bugs-3304535 ] check_procs counts too much processes with dash as shell

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Bugs item #3304535, was opened at 2011-05-19 13:27
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Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Jan Wagner (cyco_dd)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: check_procs counts too much processes with dash as shell

Initial Comment:
The following Bugreport we got against our debian package:

If default shell is /bin/dash then all check_procs commands run though nrpe daemon return a +1 value in the number of processes they count
i.e. if there is one /usr/sbin/acpid process running the check will return 2, more seriously if there are none the check will return one,
so if the check is used to restart dead daemons this won't be done anymore.

The problem is dash-related: this can be easily verified by running

root at server:~# su - nagios -s /bin/dash -c "/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_procs -c 1: -a '/sbin/init'"
No directory, logging in with HOME=/
PROCS OK: 2 processes with args '/sbin/init'

root at server:~# su - nagios -s /bin/bash -c "/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_procs -c 1: -a '/sbin/init'"                                                                
No directory, logging in with HOME=/                                                                                                                                  
PROCS OK: 1 process with args '/sbin/init'             

You can track the bugreport via http://bugs.debian.org/626913 (there are already comments).

Many thanks, Jan.

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