2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/plugins-scripts/check_ifoperstatus.pl b/plugins-scripts/check_ifoperstatus.pl
index 9ede1633..c190ce95 100755
--- a/plugins-scripts/check_ifoperstatus.pl
+++ b/plugins-scripts/check_ifoperstatus.pl
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ if (!defined($session)) {
 ## map ifdescr to ifindex - should look at being able to cache this value
 
 if (defined $ifdescr || defined $iftype) {
-        # escape "/" in ifdescr - very common in the Cisco world
         if (defined $iftype) {
                 $status=fetch_ifindex($snmpIfType, $iftype);
         } else {
+                # escape "/" in ifdescr - very common in the Cisco world
                 $ifdescr =~ s/\//\\\//g;
                 $status=fetch_ifindex($snmpIfDescr, $ifdescr);  # if using on device with large number of interfaces
                                                                 # recommend use of SNMP v2 (get-bulk)
diff --git a/plugins-scripts/check_ircd.pl b/plugins-scripts/check_ircd.pl
index 22d21c2e..d869ae7b 100755
--- a/plugins-scripts/check_ircd.pl
+++ b/plugins-scripts/check_ircd.pl
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ $ENV{'ENV'}='';
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------[ Global ]--
 
 $PROGNAME = "check_ircd";
-my $NICK="ircd$$";
+# nickname shouldn't be longer than 9 chars, this might happen with large PIDs
+# To prevent this, we cut of the part over 10000
+my $NICK="ircd" . $$ % 10000;
 my $USER_INFO="monitor localhost localhost : ";
         
 # -------------------------------------------------------------[ connection ]--