Werk #16378: Checkmk Linux agent: ignore *.dpkg-tmp files in plugin folder

Component

Checks & agents

Title

Checkmk Linux agent: ignore *.dpkg-tmp files in plugin folder

Date

Feb 20, 2024

Level

Trivial Change

Class

Bug Fix

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

2.4.0b1	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.3.0b1	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.2.0p23	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.1.0p40	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

The Checkmk agents for Linux, Solaris, AIX, OpenWrt and FreeBSD now ignore *.dpkg-tmp files in the plugins folder.

They previously executed them inadvertedly as plugins. This mostly fails silently (or even succeedes), but sometimes it is reported by the "Check_MK Agent" service.

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