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Werk #15174: Process (ps) monitoring: Handle processes with empty command lines

Component Checks & agents
Title Process (ps) monitoring: Handle processes with empty command lines
Date Jan 18, 2023
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.2.0b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.1.0p20 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.0.0p33 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

The service discovery for processes crashed if the agent output contained processes which have an emtpy command line and exact process name matching was selected in the process discovery ruleset.

Processes with empty command lines can occur eg. on Linux systems (ps command) due mandatory access control or in containerized environments.

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