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Posted: **Fri May 22, 2020 3:15 pm**

Hello,
I'm having an issue where check_procs doesn't pick up an unusual process name. Is there a workaround or is this a true bug?
This is happening with plugin v1.5, 2.2.1 and v2.3.3 on CentOS 8.1
Here's the process name, the failing check command and successful check of another process on the same host:
Process:
# ps -ef | grep smokeping
root 2099 1 0 May04 ? 00:01:37 /usr/local/smokeping/bin/smokeping [FPing]
Failed check:
# /usr/local/nagios-plugins-2.3.3/libexec/check_procs -C smokeping
PROCS OK: 0 processes with command name 'smokeping' | procs=0;;;0;
Successful check of another proc:
# /usr/local/nagios-plugins-2.3.3/libexec/check_procs -C smsd
PROCS OK: 2 processes with command name 'smsd' | procs=2;;;0;

Thanks for any positive input on this.

Posted: **Fri May 22, 2020 4:13 pm**

Hi Myootnt!

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[root@jpd-nagiosxi-one etc]# ps waux | grep smokepi
root     63575  0.0  1.4 318452 27804 ?        Ss   15:50   0:00 /opt/smokeping-2.7.3/bin/smokeping [FPing]
root     63774  0.0  0.0 112712   968 pts/1    S+   15:51   0:00 grep --color=auto smokepi

I see what you mean...

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[root@jpd-nagiosxi-one etc]# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_procs -C smokeping
PROCS OK: 0 processes with command name 'smokeping' | procs=0;;;0;

Nope.

How about...

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 [root@jpd-nagiosxi-one etc]# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_procs -C "smokeping [FPing]"
PROCS OK: 0 processes with command name 'smokeping [FPing]' | procs=0;;;0;
[root@jpd-nagiosxi-one etc]# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_procs -C FPing
PROCS OK: 0 processes with command name 'FPing' | procs=0;;;0;
[root@jpd-nagiosxi-one etc]#

Still nope.

Maybe a regex?

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[root@jpd-nagiosxi-one etc]# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_procs   --ereg-argument-array='.*smoke.*'
PROCS OK: 1 process with regex args '.*smoke.*' | procs=1;;;0;

Aha!
Give that a try!

Posted: **Fri May 22, 2020 4:23 pm**

Thanks! My own attempt at something similar had failed.

Posted: **Tue May 26, 2020 10:49 am**

HI

Thanks! My own attempt at something similar had failed.

No problem, it sounds like you got it working. Shall we close out this thread?

Posted: **Tue May 26, 2020 1:47 pm**

Go head and close it. Thanks again.

Posted: **Tue May 26, 2020 2:52 pm**

Go head and close it. Thanks again.

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