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NRPE running under Solaris SMF control.

The SMF manifest:

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE service_bundle SYSTEM '/usr/share/lib/xml/dtd/service_bundle.dtd.1'>
<service_bundle type='manifest' name='export'>
  <service name='application/monitoring/nrpe' type='service' version='0'>
    <single_instance/>
    <dependency name='fs-local' grouping='require_all' restart_on='none' type='service'>
      <service_fmri value='svc:/system/filesystem/local'/>
    </dependency>
    <dependency name='network-service' grouping='require_all' restart_on='none' type='service'>
      <service_fmri value='svc:/network/service'/>
    </dependency>
    <dependency name='name-service' grouping='require_all' restart_on='none' type='service'>
      <service_fmri value='svc:/milestone/name-services'/>
    </dependency>
    <instance name='default' enabled='true'>
      <dependency name='config-file' grouping='require_all' restart_on='refresh' type='path'>
        <service_fmri value='file://localhost/usr/local/etc/nrpe/nrpe.cfg'/>
      </dependency>
      <exec_method name='start' type='method' exec='/local/lib/svc/method/nrpectl start' timeout_seconds='30'>
        <method_context working_directory='/var/tmp'>
          <method_credential user='nrpe' group='nrpe' privileges='basic,sys_resource,!proc_info,!file_link_any' limit_privileges='basic,sys_resource,!proc_info,!file_link_any'/>
        </method_context>
      </exec_method>
      <exec_method name='stop' type='method' exec=':kill' timeout_seconds='60'/>
      <exec_method name='refresh' type='method' exec='/local/lib/svc/method/nrpectl refresh' timeout_seconds='60'/>
      <property_group name='nrpectl' type='application'>
        <propval name='NRPE_CFG' type='astring' value='/usr/local/etc/nrpe/nrpe.cfg'/>
        <propval name='NRPE_FQB' type='astring' value='/usr/local/sbin/nrpe'/>
      </property_group>
    </instance>
    <template>
      <common_name>
        <loctext xml:lang='C'>NRPE</loctext>
      </common_name>
      <documentation>
        <doc_link name='nagios.org' uri='http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/nrpe/NRPE.pdf'/>
      </documentation>
    </template>
  </service>
</service_bundle>

The associated method:

#!/bin/sh

. /lib/svc/share/smf_include.sh

NRPE_FQB=`svcprop -p nrpectl/NRPE_FQB $SMF_FMRI`
NRPE_BIN=`basename $NRPE_FQB`
NRPE_CFG=`svcprop -p nrpectl/NRPE_CFG $SMF_FMRI`

pid=`pgrep -x -d " " $NRPE_BIN`

case $1 in
   'start')   if [ -z "$pid" ]; then
                 smf_clear_env
                 $NRPE_FQB -c $NRPE_CFG -d >&2
                 if pgrep -x -d " " $NRPE_BIN >/dev/null 2>&1; then
                    :
                 else
                    echo "NRPE failed to start" >&2
                    exit $SMF_EXIT_ERR_FATAL
                 fi
              else
                 echo "NRPE already running (pid=$pid)" >&2
                 exit $SMF_EXIT_ERR_OTHER
              fi
              ;;
   'refresh') if [ -z "$pid" ]; then
                 echo "NRPE not running; nothing to refresh" >&2
                 exit $SMF_EXIT_ERR_OTHER
              else
                 pkill -x $NRPE_BIN
              fi
              ;;
esac
exit $SMF_EXIT_OK

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