check_site with username/password

[Andreas Ericsson]

joost at informatiefabriek.nl wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I tried to use the following check_command. 
> 
> check_command 
> check_http_auth!www.site.nll!/page/to/check!username:password!
> 
> This command checks of a page with username/password is alive. The problem 
> is that my password ends with a !-character (password = " password!"). In 
> he syntax of check_commands this is a seperator of a variable. Is there a 
> way to use the !-character. Because nagios gives this result:
> 
> HTTP WARNING: HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized 
> 

Escape the last ! as such
username:password\!

> Thx in advance..
> 
> grtz.
> Joost
> 
> http://www.informatiefabriek.nl

-- 
Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson at op5.se
OP5 AB                             www.op5.se
Lead Developer


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