When using DESCR in the uxmon-net file on hpux
machines, I commonly get a 'bad system call (coredump)'
message when trying to run the tcp tests from the line
localhost telnet ftp smtp
after the smtp test. the trace from a debugged uxmon is
this:
TCP monitor initializing
Bad system call (core dumped)
(this is right after the ps error, actually) and a core
file is created in /uxmon/Config/core.
Again, if I remove the DESCR option entirely (I've
tried both unix,sysv,hpux and unix,hpux) these tests work.
This could also be related to the fact that this construct:
localhost check=services service=ftp(21),smtp(25),\ telnet(23) tcp
or
localhost check=services services=ftp(21),smtp(25),\ telnet(23) tcp
or
localhost check=services services=ftp,smtp,telnet
tcp
etc
also just either stops working (purple status) or
crashes uxmon (with a similar bad system call (coredump)).