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Could we modify code to mitigate this? Like masking forked process from being counted.

To clarify, the output above is captured when manually running check_procs on target host. Below is the output when running check from server: # /usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_nrpe -H ws01 -c check_procs -a 'PROCS!1:1!1:1!nrpe' PROCS CRITICAL: 2 processes with command name 'nrpe' | procs=2;1:1;1:1;...

I've posted the output in the original message above.

Hi, I got strange behavior with check_procs plugin trying to monitor a total count of nrpe processes on host. Running from shell it displays correct value: # systemctl status nrpe ● nrpe.service - NRPE Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/nrpe.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active...