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title: Version 2.3.2 Released
author: Sven Nierlein
date: 2022-10-20
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The Monitoring Plugins Development Team is proud to announce version 2.3.2 of
the Monitoring Plugins! This release comes with various fixes provided by more
than 40 contributors. Many thanks to all of you!
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For the list of notable changes in this release, see below.

You can get the tarball from our [download page][download].


### General
* Use netcat-openbsd for debian explicitely by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1704
* Replace egrep with grep -E by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1791
* Use silent automake by default by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1747

### Single Plugins
* `check_by_ssh`: added option to exit with an warning, if there is output on STDERR by @nafets in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1301
* `check_by_ssh`: Add "-U" flag (#1123). by @archiecobbs in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1774
* `check_by_ssh`: Let ssh decide if a host is valid, enables usage of ssh .config file by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1691
* `check_curl`: Add an option to check_curl to verify the peer certificate & host using the system CA's by @bazzisoft in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1669
* `check_curl`: fixed -ffollow for HTTP/2.0 (Fixes #1685): added major_version parsing to PicoHTTPParser by @andreasbaumann in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1742
* `check_curl`: fixes check_curl: "CRITICAL - Cannot retrieve certificate subject." by @andreasbaumann in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1689
* `check_curl`: fix if http header contains leading spaces by @sni in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1666
* `check_curl`: Update check_curl.c to display a specific human-readable error message where possible by @bazzisoft in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1668
* `check_curl`: verify certificates option should not force SSL to be used by @bazzisoft in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1688
* `check_disk`: Description for -M was the wrong way around by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1746
* `check_disk`: Fixing the stuff that is broken on btrfs by @waja in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1388
* `check_disk`: Fix perfdata for big values for check disk by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1714
* `check_disk_smb`: Add configfile feature by @Napsty in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1402
* `check_disk_smb`: Add timeout by @cdruee in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1770
* `check_dns`: Add --expect-nxdomain by @Jonny007-MKD in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1623
* `check_dns`: split multiple IP addresses passed in one -a argument by @DerDakon in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1649
* `check_file_age`: Make size parameter a little bit more intelligible by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1730
* `check_fping`: Implements 'host-alive' mode (Closes. #1027) by @waja in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1740
* `check_game`: Update Url to qstat by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1725
* `check_http`: changed 'STATE_CRITICAL' to 'STATE_WARNING' for infinite loop by @xFuture603 in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1690
* `check_http`: Increase regexp limit by @hydrapolic in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1566
* `check_http`: Support http redirect by @waja in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1449
* `check_icmp`: buffer offerflow by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1733
* `check_icmp`: delay set_source_ip() until address_family is detected by @ghciv6 in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1735
* `check_icmp`: Fix "Invalid Argument" from sendmsg() under FreeBSD 13.1 and "setsockopt failed" for TTL setting by @eriksejr in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1771
* `check_icmp`: Fix pkt perfdata in check_host mode by @sjoegren in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1721
* `check_ldap`: Allows check_ldap to read password from environment variable by @mullumaus in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1724
* `check_load`: add LOAD prefix to load plugin by @haraldj in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1694
* `check_load`: Display total and scaled load values if check_load scales the values by number of CPUs by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1778
* `check_log`: Missing oldlog now aborts check_log by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1732
* `check_mailq`: Add mailq -C option for config dir or config file by @leeclemens in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1490
* `check_mailq`: Check mailq domain specific warnings by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1731
* `check_mailq`: Fix regexp for nullmailer "mailq" output by @darksoul42 in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1493
* `check_mysql`: fix segfaults with mysql-connector-c #1562 by @ghciv6 in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1644
* `check_pgsql`: add --queryname parameter to check_pgsql by @datamuc in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1741
* `check_ping`: Do not show RTA if no connection was possible by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1697
* `check_ping`: understang ping6 output from iputils package by @glensc in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1412
* `check_proc`: Fix check proc ps detection by @sni in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1712
* `check_procs`: exchange needle and haystack in strstr() for proper st… by @wolfgangkarall in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1654
* `check_smtp`: add -L flag to support LMTP (LHLO instead of HELO/EHLO). by @ghen2 in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1715
* `check_snmp`: Added option for null zero length string exit codes by @FracKenA in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1496
* `check_snmp`: fix performance thresholds when using multiple oids by @sni in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1722
* `check_snmp` fix segfaults by @adrb in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1589
* `check_snmp`: put the "c" (to mark a counter) after the perfdata value by @lausser in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1465
* `check_swap`: fix parsing swap values by @sni in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1780
* `check_swap`: Fix perfdata for check swap by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1707
* `check_swap`: Fix unit for total in perfdata by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1779
* `check_swap`: Handle cached swap by @mdavranche in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1642
* `check_swap`: Small fix to threshold validation and style (indentation) fixes by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1723
* `check_ups`: Fix possible overflow in check_ups by @phibos in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1727
* `check_uptime`: Add option to report uptime in days instead of seconds by @amotl in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1750
* `check_uptime`: Fix/improve output message "Uptime is ..." by @amotl in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1751

### Multiple Plugins
* `check_http`, `check_curl`: added --max-redirs=N option (feature #1684) by @andreasbaumann in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1744
* `check_http`, `check_curl`: Enhancement --continue-after-certificate (backport from nagios-plugins) by @andreasbaumann in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1762
* `check_http`, `check_curl`: Remove check_http and check_curl test which are somehow always failing by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1777
* `check_log`, `check_oracle`, `check_sensors`: Several fixes shellcheck complaining about by @waja in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1459
* `sslutils`: use chain from client certificates by @tobiaswiese in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1664

### Non functional changes
* Trivial source code whitespace formatting fixes to standard. by @ziesemer in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1424
* docs: fix simple typo, conspicuosly -> conspicuously by @timgates42 in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1652
* Migrate to GitHub actions by @jacobbaungard in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1686
* Point to Icinga Exchange instead of dead Monitoring Exchange by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1737
* github actions: fix check_users test case by @sni in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1713
* Add CodeQL checks by @phibos in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1682
* Fix some QL problems by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1729
* Update CodeQL and update runner before installing by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1775
* `check_disk`: Check disk compiler warnings by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1758
* `check_disk`: Trivial printf fix and a little bit of code style by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1695
* `check_http`: Docs: make -C obvious by @stblassitude in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1554
* `check_ifoperstatus`: Re-attach a comment to where it actually belongs by @peternewman in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1699
* `check_ircd`: Restrict the nickname length of the test user for check_ircd by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1710
* `check_load`: Check load compiler warnings by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1759
* `check_log` Modernize check log by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1692
* `check_mailq`: remove duplicate W=i/C=i args in check_mailq.pl by @ichdasich in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1755
* `check_ntp`: Check ntp remove unused variables by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1781
* `check_pgsql`: Using snprintf which honors the buffers size and guarantees null temination. (Closes: #1601) by @waja in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1663
* `check_procs`: Fix double percentage sign in usage by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1743
* `check_sensors.sh`: Make shellcheck happier by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1679
* `check_snmp`: Fixed option description authpassword -> authpasswd + whitespaces by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1676
* `check_swap`: Check swap compiler warnings by @RincewindsHat in https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1756


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