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Problem solved! My fault... I didn't realize that there was another machine launching check_logfiles via nrpe on my test machine, without the --sticky option, which was resetting the sticky I was setting by launching the command locally instead. I stopped the automated check and now my local tests g...

I downloaded the latest version 3.7.3 and tested it on a test machine, but the result is still the same: the alarm seems to be reset after a few minutes, whatever option I use.

Any clues?
Thanks.
Marco

Thank you, but I've read the release notes and I see no changes in the --sticky option after v3.4.2, so I doubt I'll get a different behaviour... I can try anyway on a test machine, but I'm not sure I'll be able to bring the new version on the production machine.

Hi, I'm using the check_logfiles v3.4.2 plugin to check for errors in syslog messages on Linux machines, and I cannot make the --sticky option work as I would expect to. Upon detecting an error in logs it keeps the alert status for a few minutes, but then goes back to OK even without matching an okp...