nrpe_user directive in nrpe-3.0 on AIX ignored

[bahaines]

nrpe_user directive in nrpe-3.0 on AIX ignored

[jfrickson]

@bahaines I'm kind of grasping at straws here, but instead of running:
${PROG_BIN} -n -c ${NRPE_CONFIG} -d
try using:
${PROG_BIN} -n -c ${NRPE_CONFIG} -d -s
(Add the -s at the end). And let me know if that works.

[bahaines]

@jfrickson I saw your eMail John, I'm sorry I didn't have time to try this until now.

Introducing the "-s" causes strange behavior in AIX. It looks like it fixes the issue with the proc, but the cursor doesn't return to the terminal.

$ /etc/rc.d/init.d/nrpe start
Starting NRPE daemon...
(BLINKING CURSOR)

If I open a different session, I see the process and it is running as nagios.

user@hostname:/home/>ps -ef | grep nrp
nagios 21233702 9633948 0 20:24:57 pts/1 0:00 /usr/local/nagios/bin/nrpe -n -c /usr/local/nagios/etc/nrpe.cfg -d -s

If I do it as "nohup" with & on the process, it is fine:
nagios$:nohup /etc/rc.d/init.d/nrpe start&

nagios$:ps -ef | grep nrpe
nagios 23003370 21233714 0 20:28:15 pts/1 0:00 /usr/local/nagios/bin/nrpe -n -c /usr/local/nagios/etc/nrpe.cfg -d -s

[jfrickson]

Looks like straw grasping worked :-)

The -s parameter tells nrpe to run as a subsystem under AIX. As far as I can tell, that just means, don't fork.

Change your init script to include the -s and you should be all set.

[jfrickson]

Apparently still a problem. Reopening.

[jfrickson]

I've worked on this several times, and have been unable to reproduce the problem, or to come up with a solution. I'm going to close the issue, but tag it with the archive/future tag so I can possibly come back to it at a later time.