nmap

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Loe [mailto:knobdy at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 11:22 AM
> To: Marc Powell
> Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] nmap
> 
> On 8/17/06, Marc Powell <marc at ena.com> wrote:
> 
> > /nagios-plugins-1.4.3/contrib. --
> >
> > [contrib]$ ./check_nmap.py --help
> >
> > check_nmap plugin for Nagios
> > Copyright (c) 2000 Jacob Lundqvist (jaclu at galdrion.com)
> > License: GPL
> > Version: 1.21
> <SNIP>
> > If possible, supply an IP address for the host address,
> > as this will bypass the DNS lookup.
> > --
> > Marc
> >
> 
> Well, there you go. :) I'm new to Nagios so perhaps this too is a
> stupid question, but when you configure a check, can't you use a
> variable for the host in the check command line? I guess I need to go
> look at my config files again....

You sure can, $HOSTADDRESS$. The recommendation was from the plugin
author but what he means is use an ip in your host{} definition's
host_address field instead of it's DNS name.

--
Marc

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