problem with "negate "

[Voon, Ton]

What is your result on the command line?

I find that you need to place the command in quotes so
./negate ./check_http -H localhost
will fail, but
./negate "./check_http -H localhost"
will work.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	le jert [SMTP:lejert at hotmail.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, March 12, 2003 1:46 PM
> To:	nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject:	[Nagios-users] problem with "negate "
> 
> Hi !
> 
> In order to check firewall security, I would like to know how I can
> check if certain ports are closed (and not open, as usually). I
> mean
> writing 'ok' for the service if ports 23,... are closed.
> I use the negate command, but I don't know exactly where I am wrong :
> 
> 
> $USER1$/negate $USER1$/check_tcp -H <HOST> -p 22
> 
> here's my config :
> 
> 
> # 'check_tcp_closed' command definition
> define command{
> command_name check_tcp_closed
> command_line $USER1$/negate $USER1$/check_tcp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p $ARG1$
> }
> 
> 
> 
> # Service definition for checking if SSh port 22 is closed
> define service{
> use generic-service
> host_name xxx
> service_description Check SSH closed
> is_volatile 0
> check_period 24x7
> contact_groups xxx
> notification_options c,r,w
> check_command check_tcp_closed!22
> }
> 
> 
> Could you help me finding what's wrong ???
> 
> thanks
> 
> Note : I'm running nagios-1.0 with pluggin 1.3.0 beta2 on a redhat
> 7.3
> 
> 
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