[Nagiosplug-help] Questions using negate?

[Subhendu Ghosh]

I thinks you need backslash to escape not forward slash...

-s \"word1 word2\"

-sg

On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Rick . wrote:

> Thanks Subhendu,
> 
> The plugin works a lot better. My only problem now is that i need to use the 
> -s command to check for a string of text using check_http. The string needs 
> to be two words.
> When i put the two words in the quotes "word1 word2" with check_http only, 
> the command works fine. But as soon as i negate the check_http command, it 
> doesn't work with more than one word in the string.
> I have tried -s /"word1 word2/" etc but unfortunately it isn't working.
> 
> Is there any way to do this?
> 
> Thanks alot!
> 
> Rick :)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: Subhendu Ghosh <sghosh at sghosh.org>
> >To: Nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net
> >Subject: RE: [Nagiosplug-help] Questions using negate?
> >Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 19:10:05 -0500 (EST)
> >
> >
> >There was a recent patch applied on negate - you might want to grab the
> >latest version of negate from CVS...
> >
> >-sg
> >
> >On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Rick . wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I downloaded and tested this plugin, and i am having the same problem.
> > >
> > > The plugin is always giving an OK, whether the negated plugin is OK or
> > > CRITICAL.
> > >
> > > Does anybody know how to fix this?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Rick.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: Rose David <DRose at snyderdrug.com>
> > > >To: Nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net
> > > >Subject: RE: [Nagiosplug-help] Questions using negate?
> > > >Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 11:38:13 -0600
> > > >
> > > >Thank you for your response and input.  I have now used your script and 
> >it
> > > >has gotten me farther along than I have been able to this point.  Here 
> >is
> > > >the catch.  When I run this on the command line, it works just as
> > > >advertised, switching the return codes from 2 to 0 or from 0 to 2.
> > > >However,
> > > >when I run it in nagios as a command, either a Critical or an OK state 
> >on
> > > >the check_ping shows up as OK.  Using the same command, I get the 
> >following
> > > >two results:
> > > >
> > > >Status		Status Information
> > > >OK			CRITICAL - Plugin timed out after 10 seconds
> > > >OK			PING OK - Packet loss = 20%, RTA = 245.95 ms
> > > >
> > > >Any further input as to what I might do to get this to work?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > We re-wrote negate as a simple perl script.  I have tried your
> > > > > check_ping input with my version of negate and here is what I get:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > root at lxxxx:[/home/nagios/etc]: /home/nagios/libexec/new-negate
> > > > > /home/nagios/libexec/check_ping -H auspap01 -w 1000.0,100% -c
> > > > > 1000.0,100% -p 5
> > > > > Command is: /home/nagios/libexec/check_ping -H host01 -w
> > > > > 1000.0,100% -c
> > > > > 1000.0,100% -p 5PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 4.62 ms
> > > > > Return code is 0
> > > > > root at lapin:[/home/nagios/etc]: echo $?
> > > > > 2
> > > > >
> > > > > The first return code is the actual return from the check_ping 
> >plugin,
> > > > > the second $? output is the negated output.  Since check_ping 
> >produces
> > > > > multiple return codes depending on the result, it is
> > > > > difficult to use a
> > > > > generic negate plugin.  I have included our version of the plugin
> > > > > "new-negate.  Hope this helps..
> > > > >
> > > > > Good luck
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > John Cockerham
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