dollar sign in check_command

[Brian Gibson]

I have a service defined (below) to use the NSClient tool to check if a
service is running on a Windows 2000 system. The service on the Win2k
box is an instance of SQL server for a particular application and the
service has a "$" in its name, that is just how SQL 2000 distinguishes
between NT services for different instances. Nagios is complaining about
the "$". I have tried enclosing the service name in double quotes and I
have tried escaping the dollar sign with a backtick and also with
another dollar sign but have had no luck. Also, I tried creating its own
entry in the checkcommands.cfg file so I wouldn't have to pass the NT
service name as an argument but that didn't help either.

Any suggestions?

define service{
        use                             generic-service
        host_name                       server_name
        service_description             SVC-SQL-AGENT
        is_volatile                     0
        check_period                    24x7
        max_check_attempts              2
        normal_check_interval           15
        retry_check_interval            1
        contact_groups                  nt-admins
        notification_options            w,u,c,r
        notification_interval           960
        check_command                   check_nt_service!SQLAgent$SPSQL
  }





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