[Nagiosplug-help] check_ping segmentation fault

[Andreas Ericsson]

Rich Smith wrote:
> Hi All:
> 
> I'm using Nagios 2.0.b4 on a Sun Solaris 9 box.
> 
> I've got Apache, Nagios and the nagios-plugins-1.4.1 installed.
> 
> I'm having issues with check_ping giving me "Return code of 139 is out 
> of bounds" in the Nagios web frontend. If I attempt from the command 
> line I also get a Segmentation Fault.
> 
> In cgi.cfg I've got:
> 
> ping_syntax=/usr/sbin/ping -a -s $HOSTADDRESS$ 56 5
> 
> which gives me:
> bash-2.05$ /usr/sbin/ping -a -s 127.0.0.1 56 5
> PING 127.0.0.1: 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=0. time=0. ms
> 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1. time=0. ms
> 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=2. time=0. ms
> 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=3. time=0. ms
> 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=4. time=0. ms
> 
> ----127.0.0.1 PING Statistics----
> 5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss
> round-trip (ms)  min/avg/max = 0/0/0
> 
> When I use check_ping at the command line I get:
> 
> bash-2.05$ ./check_ping -H 127.0.0.1 -w 2,50% -c 3,100%
> Segmentation Fault
> 
> Any ideas would be appreciated.

Use check_icmp instead. check_ping is obsolescent due to its many 
problems and shortcomings.

> Rich
> 
> 
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