Hosts checks when host can't be pinged.

[Arno Lehmann]

Hello,

D.S. wrote:
> The "dummy" check command is defined as:
> 
> define command{
>         command_name    dummy
>         command_line    $USER1$/check-dummy 1
>         }
> 
> But I'm getting:
> [05-25-2005 16:06:04] HOST ALERT: dns1;DOWN;HARD;10;(No output!)
> Host Down[05-25-2005 16:06:04] HOST ALERT: dns1;DOWN;SOFT;9;(No output!)
> Host Down[05-25-2005 16:06:04] HOST ALERT: dns1;DOWN;SOFT;8;(No output!)
> Host Down[05-25-2005 16:06:04] HOST ALERT: dns1;DOWN;SOFT;7;(No output!)
> Host Down[05-25-2005 16:06:04] HOST ALERT: dns1;DOWN;SOFT;6;(No output!)
> Host Down[05-25-2005 16:06:04] HOST ALERT: dns1;DOWN;SOFT;5;(No output!)
> Host Down[05-25-2005 16:06:04] HOST ALERT: dns1;DOWN;SOFT;4;(No output!)
> Host Down[05-25-2005 16:06:04] HOST ALERT: dns1;DOWN;SOFT;3;(No output!)
> Host Down[05-25-2005 16:06:04] HOST ALERT: dns1;DOWN;SOFT;2;(No output!)
> Host Down[05-25-2005 16:06:04] HOST ALERT: dns1;DOWN;SOFT;1;(No output!)
> 
> ... How can the dummy script time out?  Am I doing something wrong?  Is
> there a way I can just turn off host checks and rely on service checks? 
> let me know :)

It's not timing out. It doesn't deliver any output and exits indicating 
  down state. Just what you told it to.

See the following, and try that instead:

> elf:/usr/lib/nagios/plugins # ./check_dummy --help
> check_dummy (nagios-plugins 1.4) 1.14
> Copyright (c) 1999 Ethan Galstad <nagios at nagios.org>
> Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Nagios Plugin Development Team
>         <nagiosplug-devel at lists.sourceforge.net>
> 
> This plugin will simply return the state corresponding to the numeric value
> of the <state> argument with optional text.
> 
> Usage: check_dummy <integer state> [optional text]
> 
> Options:
>  -h, --help
>     Print detailed help screen
>  -V, --version
>     Print version information
> 
> Send email to nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net if you have questions
> regarding use of this software. To submit patches or suggest improvements,
> send email to nagiosplug-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
> elf:/usr/lib/nagios/plugins # ./check_dummy 0 "not checked"; echo $?
> OK: not checked
> 0


Arno

> --David
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IT-Service Lehmann                    al at its-lehmann.de
Arno Lehmann                  http://www.its-lehmann.de


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