zabbix_agentd immediatley quits on SuSE 10.1

[roli8200]

Hello

Trying to run the zabbix 1.1 agents on SuSE 10.1. Compiled and configured fine but when I start the zabbix_agentd (no inetd) it quits immediately. No Error message and no logfile output.
Made the installation and configuration based on the documentation on the website.
Its really important for me to get this working until end of this month.
Does somebody have a Idea about the reason of this problem?

Kind regards

Roland Kaeser

[dantheman]

I think usually I've noticed when no logfile is created there is either an error with the configuration file(usually invalid syntax somewhere..) or permission issue....

does the zabbix account have access to write to the log file?
Is the config file in the right location? (you'll need to check the docs to see where that should be... I don't recall offhand.)

[denso]

there is also a possiblity that i ran into which is the port may be in use.

netstat -na | grep port number

ensure the port is clear.

[roli8200]

No Logfile defined

I think usually I've noticed when no logfile is created there is either an error with the configuration file(usually invalid syntax somewhere..) or permission issue....

does the zabbix account have access to write to the log file?
Is the config file in the right location? (you'll need to check the docs to see where that should be... I don't recall offhand.)

I have no logfile defined in the zabbix_agend.conf file. This is my zabbix_agentd.conf:

# This is config file for zabbix_agent
# To get more information about ZABBIX,
# go http://www.zabbix.com

# IP address of ZABBIX server
# Connections from other hosts will be denied

Server=87.245.90.134

# Spend no more than Timeout seconds on processing
# Must be between 1 and 30

Timeout=3

####### USER-DEFINED MONITORED PARAMETERS #######
# Format: UserParameter=<key>,<shell command>
# Note that shell command must not return empty string or EOL only
# UserParameter=system.test,who|wc -l
### Set of parameter for monitoring MySQL server (v3.23.42 and later)
### Change -u<username> and add -p<password> if required
#UserParameter=mysql.ping,mysqladmin -uroot ping|grep alive|wc -l
#UserParameter=mysql.uptime,mysqladmin -uroot status|cut -f2 -d":"|cut -f1 -d"T"
#UserParameter=mysql.threads,mysqladmin -uroot status|cut -f3 -d":"|cut -f1 -d"Q"
#UserParameter=mysql.questions,mysqladmin -uroot status|cut -f4 -d":"|cut -f1 -d"S"
#UserParameter=mysql.slowqueries,mysqladmin -uroot status|cut -f5 -d":"|cut -f1 -d"O"
#UserParameter=mysql.qps,mysqladmin -uroot status|cut -f9 -d":"
#UserParameter=mysql.version,mysql -V

[roli8200]

there is also a possiblity that i ran into which is the port may be in use.

netstat -na | grep port number

ensure the port is clear.

Non of the zabbix ports (10050/10051) are in use.

[cameronsto]

Try changing to the zabbix user and starting the program.

-cameron

[dantheman]

You might also try adding in the line for the log file and then we can check that to see if it will tell us why it is shutting down.

This is the format for that

LogFile=/tmp/zabbix_agentd.log

You might also want to make sure the debug level is on high so we get all the nitty gritty details with this line

DebugLevel=4

[roli8200]

Still no logfile

You might also try adding in the line for the log file and then we can check that to see if it will tell us why it is shutting down.

This is the format for that

LogFile=/tmp/zabbix_agentd.log

You might also want to make sure the debug level is on high so we get all the nitty gritty details with this line

DebugLevel=4

Hello

I have still no logfile output. No Logfile is created.
I'm not a C-Programmer (I program in Java), can somebody give me a small
hint how to write some small debug info into the sourcecode to see what happens when zabbix_agentd starts?

Thanks

Roland

[denso]

try strace. its a system call tracer in linux it will tell you what is going on and what is being called.

[roli8200]

Strace result

Hello

Made a strace with zabbix_agentd. Can somebody see something in it? Becaus I cannot see anthing who can be wrong.

Thanks

Roland

zabbix@streaming-holzer:/tmp> strace /opt/zabbix/bin/zabbix_agentd
execve("/opt/zabbix/bin/zabbix_agentd", ["/opt/zabbix/bin/zabbix_agentd"], [/* 72 vars */]) = 0
brk(0) = 0x80b1000
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f2c000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=166412, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 166412, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f03000
close(3) = 0
open("/lib/libresolv.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0P& \0\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=74278, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 76052, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ef0000
madvise(0xb7ef0000, 76052, MADV_SEQUENTIAL|0x1) = 0
mmap2(0xb7eff000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xe) = 0xb7eff000
mmap2(0xb7f01000, 6420, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f01000
close(3) = 0
open("/lib/libnsl.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0`5 \0\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=87850, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 83712, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7edb000
madvise(0xb7edb000, 83712, MADV_SEQUENTIAL|0x1) = 0
mmap2(0xb7eec000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x10) = 0xb7eec000
mmap2(0xb7eee000, 5888, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7eee000
close(3) = 0
open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\3 00Y\1"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1404242, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 1176988, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7dbb000
madvise(0xb7dbb000, 1176988, MADV_SEQUENTIAL|0x1) = 0
mmap2(0xb7ed4000, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x118) = 0xb7ed4000
mmap2(0xb7ed8000, 9628, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7ed8000
close(3) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7dba000
set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7dba8c0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
mprotect(0xb7ed4000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0xb7f03000, 166412) = 0
brk(0) = 0x80b1000
brk(0x80d2000) = 0x80d2000
open("/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1170, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f2b000
read(3, "# This is config file for zabbix"..., 4096) = 1170
read(3, "", 4096) = 0
pipe([4, 5]) = 0
clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGC HLD, child_tidptr=0xb7dba908) = 30068
close(5) = 0
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f2a000
read(4, "streaming-holzer\n", 4096) = 17
read(4, "", 4096) = 0
--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
close(4) = 0
waitpid(30068, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0) = 30068
munmap(0xb7f2a000, 4096) = 0
exit_group(1) = ?
Process 30067 detached

[Alexei]

It seems (not sure) that somethis is wrong with your configuration file. May I ask you to try to use standard one from misc/conf/zabbix_server.conf?

[roli8200]

Strace with fork follow 1

Sorry forgot that zabbix_agentd makes a fork. Here the complete strace:

[pid 30094] close(5) = 0
[pid 30094] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
[pid 30094] mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7ee5000
[pid 30094] read(4, <unfinished ...>
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] dup2(5, 1) = 1
[pid 30095] close(5) = 0
[pid 30095] execve("/bin/sh", ["sh", "-c", "hostname"], [/* 72 vars */]) = 0
[pid 30095] brk(0) = 0x80c8000
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f57000
[pid 30095] access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=166412, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 166412, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7f2e000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/lib/libreadline.so.5", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] read(4, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\3 20\273"..., 512) = 512
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=189436, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 191300, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0) = 0xb7eff000
[pid 30095] madvise(0xb7eff000, 191300, MADV_SEQUENTIAL|0x1) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(0xb7f29000, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0x2a) = 0xb7f29000
[pid 30095] mmap2(0xb7f2d000, 2884, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f2d000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/lib/libhistory.so.5", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] read(4, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\2 0\30\0"..., 512) = 512
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=26696, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 25216, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0) = 0xb7ef8000
[pid 30095] madvise(0xb7ef8000, 25216, MADV_SEQUENTIAL|0x1) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(0xb7efe000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0x6) = 0xb7efe000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/lib/libncurses.so.5", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] read(4, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0@\ 366\0"..., 512) = 512
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=288188, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 288900, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0) = 0xb7eb1000
[pid 30095] madvise(0xb7eb1000, 288900, MADV_SEQUENTIAL|0x1) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(0xb7eec000, 45056, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0x3a) = 0xb7eec000
[pid 30095] mmap2(0xb7ef7000, 2180, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7ef7000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/lib/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] read(4, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0p\ f\0\000"..., 512) = 512
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=13814, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 12412, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0) = 0xb7ead000
[pid 30095] madvise(0xb7ead000, 12412, MADV_SEQUENTIAL|0x1) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(0xb7eaf000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0x1) = 0xb7eaf000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] read(4, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\3 00Y\1"..., 512) = 512
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1404242, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7eac000
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 1176988, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0) = 0xb7d8c000
[pid 30095] madvise(0xb7d8c000, 1176988, MADV_SEQUENTIAL|0x1) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(0xb7ea5000, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0x118) = 0xb7ea5000
[pid 30095] mmap2(0xb7ea9000, 9628, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7ea9000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7d8b000
[pid 30095] set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7d8b6b0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
[pid 30095] mprotect(0xb7ea5000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0
[pid 30095] munmap(0xb7f2e000, 166412) = 0
[pid 30095] rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/dev/tty", O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE) = 4
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] stat64("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", 0xbfeba694) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] brk(0) = 0x80c8000
[pid 30095] brk(0x80e9000) = 0x80e9000
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2528, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f56000
[pid 30095] read(4, "# Locale name alias data base.\n#"..., 4096) = 2528
[pid 30095] read(4, "", 4096) = 0
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] munmap(0xb7f56000, 4096) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=375, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 375, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7f56000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules.cache", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=25404, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 25404, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 4, 0) = 0xb7f4f000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_MEASUREMENT", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_MEASUREMENT", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=23, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 23, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7f4e000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_TELEPHONE", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_TELEPHONE", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=56, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 56, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7f4d000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_ADDRESS", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_ADDRESS", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=159, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 159, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7f4c000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_NAME", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_NAME", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=83, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 83, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7f4b000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_PAPER", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_PAPER", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=34, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 34, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7f4a000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=54, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 54, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7f49000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_MONETARY", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_MONETARY", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=294, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 294, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7f48000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_COLLATE", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_COLLATE", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=880086, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 880086, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7cb4000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_TIME", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_TIME", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2343, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 2343, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7f47000

[roli8200]

Strace with fork follow 2

[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_NUMERIC", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_NUMERIC", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=54, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 54, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7f46000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_CTYPE", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_CTYPE", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=238624, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 238624, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7c79000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] getuid32() = 1002
[pid 30095] getgid32() = 100
[pid 30095] geteuid32() = 1002
[pid 30095] getegid32() = 100
[pid 30095] rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0
[pid 30095] time(NULL) = 1156187290
[pid 30095] open("/proc/meminfo", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f45000
[pid 30095] read(4, "MemTotal: 507408 kB\nMemFre"..., 1024) = 670
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] munmap(0xb7f45000, 4096) = 0
[pid 30095] rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
[pid 30095] rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
[pid 30095] rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
[pid 30095] rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
[pid 30095] rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
[pid 30095] rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
[pid 30095] rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0
[pid 30095] rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_IGN}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
[pid 30095] uname({sys="Linux", node="streaming-holzer", ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0
[pid 30095] stat64("/tmp", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|S_ISVTX|0777, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] stat64(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|S_ISVTX|0777, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] getpid() = 30095
[pid 30095] getppid() = 30094
[pid 30095] stat64(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|S_ISVTX|0777, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] stat64("/opt/kde3/sbin/sh", 0xbfeba578) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] stat64("/opt/gnome/sbin/sh", 0xbfeba578) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] stat64("/root/bin/sh", 0xbfeba578) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
[pid 30095] stat64("/usr/local/bin/sh", 0xbfeba578) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] stat64("/usr/bin/sh", 0xbfeba578) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] stat64("/usr/X11R6/bin/sh", 0xbfeba578) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] stat64("/bin/sh", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=501804, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/proc/sys/kernel/ngroups_max", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] read(4, "65536\n", 31) = 6
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 266240, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7c38000
[pid 30095] getgroups32(65536, [16, 33, 100]) = 3
[pid 30095] stat64("/bin/sh", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=501804, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] getpgrp() = 30093
[pid 30095] rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {0x80752b0, [], 0}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
[pid 30095] getrlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC, {rlim_cur=4031, rlim_max=4031}) = 0
[pid 30095] rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0
[pid 30095] rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0
[pid 30095] rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0
[pid 30095] stat64(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|S_ISVTX|0777, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] stat64("/opt/kde3/sbin/hostname", 0xbfeba428) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] stat64("/opt/gnome/sbin/hostname", 0xbfeba428) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] stat64("/root/bin/hostname", 0xbfeba428) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
[pid 30095] stat64("/usr/local/bin/hostname", 0xbfeba428) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] stat64("/usr/bin/hostname", 0xbfeba428) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] stat64("/usr/X11R6/bin/hostname", 0xbfeba428) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] stat64("/bin/hostname", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=10144, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] stat64("/bin/hostname", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=10144, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
[pid 30095] rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_IGN}, 8) = 0
[pid 30095] rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {SIG_DFL}, {0x80752b0, [], 0}, 8) = 0
[pid 30095] execve("/bin/hostname", ["hostname"], [/* 71 vars */]) = 0
[pid 30095] brk(0) = 0x804b000

[roli8200]

Strace with fork follow 3

[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f6c000
[pid 30095] access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=166412, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 166412, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7f43000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] read(4, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\3 00Y\1"..., 512) = 512
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1404242, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 1176988, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0) = 0xb7e23000
[pid 30095] madvise(0xb7e23000, 1176988, MADV_SEQUENTIAL|0x1) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(0xb7f3c000, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0x118) = 0xb7f3c000
[pid 30095] mmap2(0xb7f40000, 9628, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f40000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7e22000
[pid 30095] set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7e226b0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
[pid 30095] mprotect(0xb7f3c000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0
[pid 30095] munmap(0xb7f43000, 166412) = 0
[pid 30095] brk(0) = 0x804b000
[pid 30095] brk(0x806c000) = 0x806c000
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2528, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f6b000
[pid 30095] read(4, "# Locale name alias data base.\n#"..., 4096) = 2528
[pid 30095] read(4, "", 4096) = 0
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] munmap(0xb7f6b000, 4096) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=375, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 375, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7f6b000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules.cache", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=25404, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 25404, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 4, 0) = 0xb7f64000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_MEASUREMENT", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_MEASUREMENT", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=23, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 23, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7f63000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_TELEPHONE", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_TELEPHONE", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=56, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 56, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7f62000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_ADDRESS", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_ADDRESS", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=159, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 159, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7f61000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_NAME", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_NAME", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=83, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 83, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7f60000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_PAPER", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_PAPER", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=34, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 34, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7f5f000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=54, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 54, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7f5e000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_MONETARY", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_MONETARY", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=294, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 294, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7f5d000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_COLLATE", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_COLLATE", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=880086, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 880086, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7d4b000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_TIME", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_TIME", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2343, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 2343, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7f5c000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_NUMERIC", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_NUMERIC", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=54, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 54, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7f5b000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_CTYPE", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 30095] open("/usr/lib/locale/de_DE.utf8/LC_CTYPE", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 30095] fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=238624, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 238624, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7d10000
[pid 30095] close(4) = 0
[pid 30095] uname({sys="Linux", node="streaming-holzer", ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] fstat64(1, {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
[pid 30095] mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f5a000
[pid 30095] write(1, "streaming-holzer\n", 17 <unfinished ...>
[pid 30094] <... read resumed> "streaming-holzer\n", 4096) = 17
[pid 30095] <... write resumed> ) = 17
[pid 30094] read(4, <unfinished ...>
[pid 30095] exit_group(0) = ?
Process 30095 detached
<... read resumed> "", 4096) = 0
--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
close(4) = 0
waitpid(30095, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0) = 30095
munmap(0xb7ee5000, 4096) = 0
exit_group(1) = ?
Process 30094 detached

[denso]

I can't really see anything that sticks out in your strace, did you try what alexi asked of you?? take the default config of zabbix_agentd.conf and alter the server ip addess and the tmp files from /var/tmp to /tmp and see if it starts.