An additional comment

diff --git a/modules/nagios/templates/inc-debian.org.erb b/modules/nagios/templates/inc-debian.org.erb
index 79d6db6..3391745 100644 (file)
--- a/modules/nagios/templates/inc-debian.org.erb
+++ b/modules/nagios/templates/inc-debian.org.erb
@@ -16,4 +16,8 @@ out
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+# the string "system-in-shutdown" is used by the remote side to tell
+# if a system is running shutdown.  We do not use check_nrpe's
+# exit code as that does not reliably tell us if the check could
+# not connect to the nrpe server or if the remote check returned not-null.
 command[dsa2_shutdown]=if /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_procs -w 1: -u root -C shutdown > /dev/null; then echo 'system-in-shutdown'; else echo 'no shutdown running' ; fi