Check_nt services - $ in service name

[Chris Hammond]

Okay, from the command line MSSQL\$BKUPEXEC reports properly.  
MSSQL$BKUPEXEC: Started.  However by the time it makes it to the 
Nagios frontend it is MSSQL$BKUPEXEC$: Unknown.  So your initial
recommendation was correct but now something else is sticking it's
nose were it doesn't belong. :)

Chris

On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 14:35 -0500, jeff vier wrote:
> okay.
> 
> Not sure why that would be - it's giving you that as the return value?
> 
> One thing I notice is that you have a space after your ! in your
> check_command def.  I don't think that it'd like that.
> 
> I don't think this will do it, but *occasionally* in Unixland, things
> like to be double escaped when being 'passed' like it is here.
> So you could try
> check_command           check_nt_service!MSSQL\\$BKUPEXEC
> But I'd be surprised if that did it :)
> 
> You might also try defining another command and setting the -l
> to MSSQL\$BKUPEXEC (or maybe just MSSQL$BKUPEXEC) explicitly instead of
> using the ARG1 macro.
> 
> On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 15:30 -0400, Chris Hammond wrote:
> > Ok, now it is giving me this;
> > 
> > MSSQL$BKUPEXEC$
> > 
> > #'check_nt_service' command definition
> > define command{
> > 	command_name	check_nt_service
> > 	command_line	/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nt -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p
> > 1248 -v SERVICESTATE -d SHOWALL -l $ARG1$
> > 	}
> > 
> > check_command		check_nt_service! MSSQL\$BKUPEXEC
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Chris
> > 
> > On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 14:08 -0500, jeff vier wrote:
> > > It's \$ (that's why I put that in there :))
> > > 
> > > So, you'd say MSSQL\$BKUPEXEC
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 15:02 -0400, Chris Hammond wrote:
> > > > Thanks for the reply Jeff but no I didn't.  I'm not sure of the proper
> > > > syntax for doing that but will go look it up now.
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Chris
> > > > 
> > > > On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 13:02 -0500, jeff vier wrote:
> > > > > Have you tried escaping it? (\$)?
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 11:34 -0400, Chris Hammond wrote:
> > > > > > I am trying to check a service named MSSQL$BKUPEXEC.  Even with double
> > > > > > quotes around it, it still only sees it as MSSQL$.  Is there something
> > > > > > else I need to do??
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > Chris
> > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > 
> 
-- 
Chris Hammond <chris at tac.esi.net>



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