1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_tcp.c b/plugins/check_tcp.c
index f463a776..e3fac22e 100644
--- a/plugins/check_tcp.c
+++ b/plugins/check_tcp.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 #define PROGRAM check_tcp
+#define REVISION "$Revision$"
 #define DESCRIPTION "Check a TCP port"
 #define AUTHOR "Ethan Galstad"
 #define EMAIL "nagios@nagios.org"
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
         int result;
         int i;
         char buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = "";
-        char *status = NULL;
+        char *status = "";
         char *output = NULL;
         char *ptr = NULL;
         struct timeval tv;
@@ -234,14 +235,13 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
 
         if (server_send != NULL) {              /* Something to send? */
-                snprintf (buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, "%s\r\n", server_send);
-                buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1] = 0;
+                asprintf (&server_send, "%s\r\n", server_send);
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
                 if (use_ssl)
-                        SSL_write(ssl,buffer,strlen(buffer));
+                        SSL_write(ssl, server_send, strlen (server_send));
                 else
 #endif
-                        send (sd, buffer, strlen (buffer), 0);
+                        send (sd, server_send, strlen (server_send), 0);
         }
 
         if (delay > 0) {
@@ -251,8 +251,6 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
         if (server_send || server_expect_count > 0) {
 
-                asprintf (&status, "");
-
                 /* watch for the expect string */
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
                 if (use_ssl && SSL_read (ssl, buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1)>=0)
@@ -314,7 +312,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
                  SERVICE,
                  state_text (result), elapsed_time, server_port);
 
-        if (status)
+        if (strlen (status))
                 printf (" [%s]", status);
 
         printf ("|time=%7.3f\n", elapsed_time);