[Pkg-nagios-devel] Bug#578721: nagios-nrpe-plugin: Timeout option is not working whichever integer is specified

[Bram Schoenmakers]

I see the same problem in Squeeze, plugins time out no matter what
timeout value I specify.

But indeed, the parameters seem to be obeyed when running the command
from the shell (as the same user as the Nagios process). It only
ignores (additional) parameters when invoked by the Nagios process. I
created a wrapper script around the check_nrpe plugin to print the
command's arguments, and all parameters seem to be passed along just
fine. Something seems to go wrong inside the check_nrpe command,
probably there's some difference in the environment.

Kind regards,

Bram Schoenmakers