<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2653.12"> <TITLE>RE: [Nagiosplug-help] Questions using negate?</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> 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@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@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 > Sr. Network Administrator </BODY> </HTML>