<div>Hi List,</div> <div> </div> <div>Just a quick question?</div> <div> </div> <div>Could the "notes" directive of the Host definition be used to meet Steffen's need of passing a string from the Host definition to the command deffinition?</div> <div> </div> <div>The only issue I would be causous of is- are you publishing passwords into a text format that may be accessible to others who should not know it?</div> <div> </div> <div>Good Luck,</div> <div> </div> <div>Tony (Author of NC_NEt)</div> <div><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/9/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steffen Poulsen</b> <<a href="mailto:step@tdc.dk">step@tdc.dk</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Hi,</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Thanks for the detailed reply, Tony - the original reponse from Ethan must have escaped my mailbox, sorry.</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">I am not comfortable patching nagios, but I might be able to do an errata for the manual - I will look into it.</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Best regards,</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Steffen Poulsen</font></span></div><br> <blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div lang="da" dir="ltr" align="left"> <hr> <font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>Fra:</b> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:nagios-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net" target="_blank">nagios-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net</a> [mailto: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:nagios-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net" target="_blank">nagios-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net</a>] <b>På vegne af </b>Anthony Montibello<br><b> Sendt:</b> 9. oktober 2007 15:20<br><b>Til:</b> Nagios Developers List<br><b>Emne:</b> Re: [Nagios-devel] Inherited custom object vars using definitionsinresource.cfg<br></font><br> </div> <div><span class="e" id="q_1158504a0a36653c_1"> <div></div> <div>I do not think it is a bug, have you reviewed the manual?</div> <div> </div> <div>It has been a while since I read the manual, However I thought the manual was clear about using custom variables.</div> <div>Also I thought the manual is clear that the object definitions have a discrete number of published fields and they cannot be expanded in the way you desire.</div> <div> </div> <div>I would suggest you patch Nagios to handle this at your organization, then submit the patch, as a feature request or patch. </div> <div> </div> <div>Please note: that the original response from Ethan; He is the primary developer of Nagios. </div> <div>His comments represent that he did not believe this was a bug. but was per spec.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>Good luck,</div> <div> </div> <div>TOny (author of NC_Net) </div> <div><br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/9/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steffen Poulsen</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:step@tdc.dk" target="_blank">step@tdc.dk</a>> wrote: </span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I would like to report this as a bug - what is the proper procedure?<br><br>Best regards,<br>Steffen Poulsen <br><br><br>> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----<br>> Fra: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:nagios-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net" target="_blank">nagios-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net </a><br>> [mailto:<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:nagios-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net" target="_blank"> nagios-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net</a>] På vegne<br>> af Steffen Poulsen <br>> Sendt: 1. oktober 2007 16:05<br>> Til: Nagios Developers List<br>> Emne: [Nagios-devel] Inherited custom object vars using<br>> definitions inresource.cfg<br>><br>> Hi,<br>><br>> We would like to utilize resource.cfg for holding secrets, and we are<br>> trying to do something like this:<br>><br>> Passwords in resource.cfg :<br>><br>> $USER20$=secret1<br>> $USER21$=secret2<br>><br>> Each host use one of the passwords in hosts.cfg:<br>><br>> define host {<br>> use generic-host<br>> host_name host1 <br>> alias host1<br>> address ip1<br>> _snmp_community $USER20$ <br>> }<br>><br>> Services use the community in services.cfg:<br>><br>> define service { <br>> use generic-service<br>> host_name host1<br>> service_description snmp_check_load <br>> check_command check_snmp_11187<br>> }<br>><br>> define command {<br>> command_name check_snmp_11187<br>> command_line $USER1$/check_snmp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -C <br>> $_HOSTSNMP_COMMUNITY$ -o .1.3.6.1.... -w 70<br>> } <br>><br>> But $_HOSTSNMP_COMMUNITY$ appears to be not set once it reaches the<br>> command_line?<br>><br>> Using something like this (defining the password directly in <br>> hosts.cfg,<br>> without going through resource.cfg):<br>><br>> _snmp_community secret3<br>><br>> Appears to work ok - so what is hindering the other approach? 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