Ulrich, looks like snmpd "proc" option matches process by grepping the output of "ps -e" which has 15 characters limitation.
regards, Martin On 12/11/15, Ulrich Windl <ulrich.wi...@rz.uni-regensburg.de> wrote: >>>> Martin T <m4rtn...@gmail.com> schrieb am 11.12.2015 um 00:43 in >>>> Nachricht > <cajx5yvhahgabscn2mkdsessbn522nsfcq8ayrzrvq1q_vid...@mail.gmail.com>: >> Hi, >> >> if I check the fixproc Perl script in net-snmp-5.4.3 source tarball, >> then looks like "proc" executes simply "ps -e" and CMD column of this >> command is limited to 15 characters. The actual script name was not >> "backup.sh", but "<vendorname>-backup.sh". So in short, "proc" matches >> process by greping the output of "ps -e". > > If I try "ps -ax -o cmd" I get rather long output like this: > /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon > /usr/sbin/snmpd -r -A -LF d /var/log/net-snmpd.log -p /var/run/snmpd.pid > > Maybe that helps. > >> >> >> Martin >> >> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 6:13 PM, Martin T <m4rtn...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> according to manual page of snmpd.conf, the "proc NAME" monitors the >>> number of processes called NAME (as reported by " -acx") running on >>> the local system. How to understand this "-acx" part? For example I >>> have a bash script backup.sh running as daemon in system and snmpd >>> seems to detect this script by the name "backup.", i.e. I need to >>> configure "proc backup." while I assumed that it detects this >>> script by the name "backup" or "backup.sh". How exactly does "proc" in >>> snmpd.conf match the process? >>> >>> >>> >>> thanks, >>> Martin >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Net-snmp-users mailing list >> Net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Net-snmp-users mailing list > Net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list Net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users
