[Nagiosplug-help] Re: Testing telnet more carefully (check_tcp)

[Karl DeBisschop]

On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 01:53, Karl DeBisschop wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 21:13, C. Bensend wrote:
> > 
> > Hey folks,
> > 	In my very simple grokking of check_tcp.c, it doesn't
> > seem that the --expect flag really does anything.  Is this
> > correct?  If I'm misunderstanding things, please take no
> > offense - C isn't my native language.
> 
> Its not true. Works fine with http, for instance. (If you remember that
> the http dialog requires that you send a GET first).
> 
> OOTH, I can't get telnet to work either.

Another data point - works fine against ssh as well:

./plugins/check_tcp -p 22 -e SSH -H localhost
TCP OK - 0 second response time on port 22 \
[SSH-1.99-OpenSSH_3.1p1]|time=0

--
Karl