Toolbox Package = nagios-nrpe-4.0.3-1.ppc

There are issues with the nrpe SYSV management script in /etc/rc.d/init.d/nrpe

Specifically, it's not correctly using the PIDFILE to manage the current invocation.

Example:

nrpe isn't currently running:

# ps -eaf |grep nrpe
#

Start nrpe:

# /etc/rc.d/init.d/nrpe start
Starting NRPE daemon... done.
#

It's now running:

# ps -eaf | grep nrpe
root 20709472 1 0 13:27:39 - 0:00 /opt/freeware/sbin/nrpe -c /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg -d
#

However, management script doesn't see it's running:

# /etc/rc.d/init.d/nrpe status
NRPE daemon is not running.

In the script, it's looking for the PID file to be PIDFILE or /var/run/nagios-nrpe/nrpe.pid

start)
if [ -r ${PIDFILE} ]; then
pid=`$CAT ${PIDFILE}`
if [ "`$PS -ef | $GREP -v grep | $GREP ${PROG} | $GREP ${pid} | $AWK '{ print $2 }' | $GREP ${pid}`" = "${pid}" ]
; then
$ECHO "NRPE daemon is already running with PID ${pid}."
exit 1
else
$RM -f ${PIDFILE}
fi
fi
$PRINTF "Starting NRPE daemon... "

## start daemon and write PID to file ${PIDFILE}
$MKDIR -p /var/run/${NAME}
${PROG_BIN} -c ${NRPE_CONFIG} -d
$ECHO "done."
;;

As you can see, it never writes the PID file.

This prevents other functions, like "status", "restart" and "stop" from working.

Please share the output of the following command

/usr/bin/ksh -x /etc/rc.d/init.d/nrpe status