Strange behavior of check_http

[Karl DeBisschop]

On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 14:33:31 +0100
"Francois JEANMOUGIN" <Francois.JEANMOUGIN at 123multimedia.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I used check_http succefully for months now and found a strange
> behavior :
> 
> If you use:
> 
> check_http -H yourhost.yourcompany.com -I 1.2.3.4 -f follow -U
> /test.htm -w 4 -c 6
> 
> You expect it to :
> - connect to 1.2.3.4 port 80
> - send :
> GET /test.html HTTP/1.0
> Host:yourhost.yourcompany.com
> 
> This is usually the case. But if youhost.yourcompany.com is defined in
> /etc/hosts (say, with another IP like 1.2.3.100), then, this will
> override the -I option... The application will connect to 1.2.3.100
> instead of the 1.2.3.4 defined in the command line option.
> 
> Is it a bug or a feature? I had a look at the check_http.c code, and
> have to confess that I didn't find the reason of it. Any idea from the
> devs ?

Bug.

What plugin version? What OS version?

--
Karl


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