[Nagiosplug-help] check_ssh/check_tcp and icmp ping

[Thomas Guyot-Sionnest]

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On 03/11/08 09:05 AM, Andreas Ericsson wrote:
> Johan Postma wrote:
>> dear list
>>
>> I want to check the ssh connection to an external host, however I am not
>> allowed/able to send icmp requests. If I use the check_ssh or check_tcp
>> plugin, apparently a ping request is also sent, resulting in a nagios
>> state "host down", is there a way to disable these icmp requests?
>>
> 
> They don't send ping requests. At least not the ICMP_ECHO kind. If you're
> watching the network traffic with a packet sniffer (such as Wireshark),
> you could well be seeing Nagios' attempts at running the previously
> configured ping check (or some such). Whatever it is, neither check_ssh
> nor check_tcp have any knowledge if the ICMP protocol what so ever.

I guess he's talking about the host check.

Johan, have a look at the host definition...

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Thomas
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