1 Title: Datasource programs: Prevent zombie processes in case of timeouts
11 When using datasource programs (like e.g. special agents or SSH command line calls)
12 to get agent data from hosts it may happen that these programs remain open as
13 zombie processes. Check_MK has been extended to deal with this situation and clean
16 Details: When the program execution takes too long Check_MK sends a SIGTERM to the
17 process group of the executed program. After sending the signal Check_MK is now
18 waiting for the process to finish.