[Nagiosplug-help] Problem with check_procs on FreeBSD 5.2.1 & 5.3

[Andreas Ericsson]

Michael Bakker wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've got a problem with the check_procs plugin on systems with FreeBSD
> 5.2.1 and 5.3:
> 
> $ /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_procs
> OK - 10 processes running
> 
> There are much more processes running than 10 running - the other
> problem is:
> 
> $ ps auxw | grep [c]ron
> root     419  0.0  0.3  1344  776  ??  Ss   23Jul04   1:38.28 /usr/sbin/cron

Why grep [c]ron when it's exactly equivalent to grep cron?

> $ /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_procs -w 1: -C cron
> WARNING - 0 processes running with command name cron
> 

What happens if you give /usr/sbin/cron as argument to the -C switch?

> check_procs from nagios-plugins v1.3.1 and 1.4.0-alpha3 return the same
> results for me.
> 

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