Werk #6410: Determine the parent process more reliably

Component Site management
Title Determine the parent process more reliably
Date Sep 28, 2018
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.6.0b1
Not yet released
Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.6.0b1
Not yet released
Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.6.0b1
Not yet released
Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.6.0b1
Not yet released
Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.6.0b1
Not yet released
Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.6.0b1 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.5.0p6 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

Previously, the parent process was determined by parsing /proc/{PID}/stat and columns where assumed to be separated by space. This was unreliable because the filename in the second column may contain a space as well. If omd was issued e.g. from tmux the process name "tmux: server" was used. This resulted in a traceback during e.g. omd rm. Now the psutil module is used to determine the parent process.

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