[Nagiosplug-help] NSCLIENT - Monitoring a service with space character in its real name

[Andreas Baetz]

This works for me:

        check_command     check_win_service!"service with spaces"

in checkcommands.cfg:
define command{
        command_name      check_win_service
        command_line        $USER1$/check_nt -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p 1248 -v SERVICESTATE -d SHOWALL -l $ARG1$
        }


# /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nt -h
check_nt (nagios-plugins 1.3.0-alpha1) 1.1.1.1
The nagios plugins come with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You may redistribute
copies of the plugins under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.
Copyright (c) 2000 Yves Rubin (rubiyz at yahoo.com)

This plugin attempts to contact the NSClient service running on a Windows NT or Windows 2000 server to
gather the requested system information.

# nagios --help

Nagios 1.0b6
Copyright (c) 1999-2002 Ethan Galstad (nagios at nagios.org)
Last Modified: 09-15-2002
License: GPL

Andreas

On Thursday 07 April 2005 00:51, Luis Noronha wrote:
> Thanks Mark, but we've already tried single and double quotes to no avail.
> It always returns service "unknown"
>
> Cheers,
> LN
>
>   _____
>
> From: Mark Grafing [mailto:mgrafing at voyence.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 11:45 PM
> To: Luis Noronha; theal at pace2020.com; nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net
> Cc: OniTelecom - Security NET4B
> Subject: RE: [Nagiosplug-help] NSCLIENT - Monitoring a service with space
> character in its real name
>
>
> Quotes....put the service name in quotes... ; )
> Let me know if that helps you out...
> Thanks,
> ~MARK~
>
> 	-----Original Message-----
> 	From: nagiosplug-help-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:nagiosplug-help-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Luis
> Noronha Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 5:23 PM
> 	To: theal at pace2020.com; nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net
> 	Cc: OniTelecom - Security NET4B
> 	Subject: RE: [Nagiosplug-help] NSCLIENT - Monitoring a service with space
> character in its real name
>
>
> 	Sorry, man. Didn't work totally. I believe the service real name (in
> registry) is what's used by "net stop/start" and NSCLIENT. Could someone
> contribute on this?
>
> 	Thanks,
> 	Luis Noronha
>
>
>   _____
>
> 	From: Tony Heal [mailto:theal at pace2020.com]
> 	Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 4:02 PM
> 	To: Luis Noronha; nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net
> 	Cc: 'OniTelecom - Security NET4B'
> 	Subject: RE: [Nagiosplug-help] NSCLIENT - Monitoring a service with space
> character in its real name
>
>
> 	Have you tried changing the 'Display' name in services. If this is a Win2k
> or higher you can do this by right clicking the service, select properties
> and change the Display name. Not sure if this will work, but the command
> line 'net stop' and 'net start' will use the display name and that should
> only affect what is seen in services.msc, not what your program sees.
>
> 	Tony
>
> 		-----Original Message-----
> 		From: nagiosplug-help-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:nagiosplug-help-admin at lists.sourceforge.net]On Behalf Of Luis
> Noronha Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 10:33 AM
> 		To: nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net
> 		Cc: OniTelecom - Security NET4B
> 		Subject: [Nagiosplug-help] NSCLIENT - Monitoring a service with space
> character in its real name
>
>
> 		Hi,
>
> 		We're having trouble using "check_nt" (NSCLIENT plug-in) to monitor
> services that have a space character in its name (e.g. "Service ABC").
>
> 		I read the following post  
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=8135478
>
> 		, and looking at the registry
> (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services) one of the services
> really didn't have a space in its real name, and it solved the problem for
> this particular service :)
>
>
>
> 		Still, there is another service that has a space in its real name,
> therefore it still doesn't work: check_nt_service can't monitor it. (This
> is a commercial application and we can't modify its code/installation...)
>
> 		Changing the service real name in the registry causes the service to stop
> responding to stop/start commands.
>
>
>
> 		I also couldn't find any more posts on this subject in the archives :(
>
> 		I know this is an old issue, but can anyone provide further help on this?
> 		Is there a way around the problem or do we have to require real service
> names with no spaces?
>
> 		PS: I also have a problem with a service with an hyphen '-' in its real
> name...
>
> 		Best Regards,
>
> 		Luís Noronha