Problem with external commands and custom variables

[Stefan Strandberg]

So, nobody has any experience with custom variables and changing them
via external command?  It would save me a database if I can get this
working.

Thanks,

-stefan

On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 07:52:27PM +0200, Andreas Ericsson wrote:
> Stefan Strandberg wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm attempting to implement some custom variables for hosts.  Supposedly
> >the external command to change the custom variable for a host is
> >CHANGE_CUSTOM_HOST_VAR with a certain syntax.  Unfortunately for me, it
> >doesn't seem to be working.
> >
> >Nagios receives the command and logs it, but doesn't seem to actually
> >process it.
> >
> >The command given is:
> >
> >-- start script --
> >
> >#!/bin/sh
> >
> >now=`date +%s`
> >commandfile='/var/lib/nagios3/rw/nagios.cmd'
> >
> >/usr/bin/printf "[%lu]
> >CHANGE_CUSTOM_HOST_VAR;dent;_REPAIRSTATUS;repair\n" $now > $commandfile
> >
> >-- end script --
> >
> >and nagios logs it with
> >[1223412361] EXTERNAL COMMAND:
> >CHANGE_CUSTOM_HOST_VAR;dent;_REPAIRSTATUS;repair
> >
> >in nagios.log, so I think it should be working.
> 
> Nagios always logs external commands, even if they're properly formatted
> or not. The logging happens before the command is processed, not after,
> so there's no telling if Nagios does the right thing with it or not.
> 
> > However, the variable
> >never changes in the status.dat file.
> >
> >Am I missing a step or doing something wrong?  The documentation doesn't
> >have any other examples, and nothing turns up on google.
> >
> 
> I can imagine. This is, afaik, the first time the question has been
> asked on the nagios-users list.
> 
> -- 
> Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson at op5.se
> OP5 AB                             www.op5.se
> Tel: +46 8-230225                  Fax: +46 8-230231
> 

-- 
Stefan Strandberg
UNIX group
Computer Aided Engineering - UW Madison
stefan at cae.wisc.edu



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