Re: [Nagios-devel] check_nrpe timeout triggering criticial service

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Re: [Nagios-devel] check_nrpe timeout triggering criticial service

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Tony den Haan wrote:
> hi,
>
> I ran into nagios mailing me CRITICALs when it couldn't connect to remote
> nrpe daemon. This looks a bit strange, since it couldn't possible know if
> a filesystem if full or whatever when it can't query daemon.
> I suggest making check_nrpe return STATUS_UNKNOWN in alarm_handler(),
> instead of STATUS_CRITICAL.
> Another option might be having a service check on the remote nrpe and use
> dependencies?
> Which solution is wise?
>
> Tony
>

I'll put this on my TODO list for NRPE. I'll add a command line option
that will allow either CRITICAL or UNKNOWN on timeouts for check_nrpe.


Ethan Galstad,
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