DOUBLE not taken in check_smtp/pop

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Emmett Keyser
> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 11:41 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] DOUBLE not taken in check_smtp/pop
> 
> I'm getting the following alert when I use a decimal number for
warnings
> and
> criticals on the check_smtp and check_pop plugins:
> 
> ***** Nagios  *****
> 
> Notification Type: PROBLEM
> 
> Service: SMTP Response
> Host: hfsfx3
> Address: hfsfx3.hf.local
> State: UNKNOWN
> 
> Date/Time: Mon Jul 18 09:18:39 PDT 2005
> 
> Additional Info:
> 
> check_smtp: Warning time must be a positive integer

This plugin requires the time to be a positive integer.

> The -h for those plugins lists the following for -w and -c:
> 
> -w, --warning=DOUBLE
>     Response time to result in warning status (seconds)
>  -c, --critical=DOUBLE
>     Response time to result in critical status (seconds)
> ___END
> 
> So the question is does DOUBLE mean integer or floating point?
Wikipedia
> has
> this to say:

[snip]

> 
> If it is an integer then why would anyone want to check double
precision
> lenths
> of time as opposed to floating point to check say fractions of a
second
> response
> times?
> 
> So is this a bug or do we like to check for response times of a
million
> seconds?

These plugins use portions of the generic help routines from utils.h
which is also used by many of the other plugins. The -w and -c help
information comes from there. Some plugins require integers for those
values, some may accept floats. In each case, the plugin should be more
specific about what it requires as above.

--
Marc


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