<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1>The strange thing is..<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>I replaced “/usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios *****\”<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>With “/bin/echo –e **** Nagios *****” and now my alerts include the missing $SERVICEOUTPUT$ information that was not there previously.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>I wonder why printf was causing this?<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Thanks.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>From: Dorfman, Justin [mailto:justin@mahalo.com] Sent: August/24/2010 10:25 AM To: Nagios Users List Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] The output of $SERVICEOUTPUT$ macro is blank ?<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Try Replacing:<o:p></o:p><div><o:p> </o:p></div><div>Info:\n\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$<o:p></o:p></div><div><o:p> </o:p></div><div>To:<o:p></o:p></div><div><o:p> </o:p></div><div>Info:\n\n $SERVICEOUTPUT$<o:p></o:p><div><o:p> </o:p></div><div>Notice the space between \n<o:p></o:p></div><div><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p>Regards, Justin Dorfman Mahalo.com Inc. > Jr. Systems Engineer <a href="http://www.twitter.com/jdorfman" target="_blank">@jdorfman</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/MahaloSysops" target="_blank">@MahaloSysops</a> | Blog: <a href="http://bit.ly/aNiWSk" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/aNiWSk</a> <o:p></o:p><div>On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Mirza Dedic <<a href="mailto:mirde@oppy.com">mirde@oppy.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p><div><div>I recently upgraded my Ubuntu OS (8.04 >> 10.04) and Nagios from 3.0 to 3.1.2, and recently I ran into an issue where the data for “$SERVICEOUTPUT$” is never included in my email notification.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>It is defined properly in the notification.cfg file as per below:<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>define command{<o:p></o:p> command_name notify-service-by-email<o:p></o:p> command_line /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: $SERVICEDESC$\nHost: $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n\nAdditional Info:\n\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$" | /usr/bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ Service Alert: $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$<o:p></o:p>}<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>But in my email, it only has “Additional Info:” with nothing else.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>How could I troubleshoot that $SERVICEOUTPUT$ is getting parsed properly and working? Maybe its something with my mail client?<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>Any help is appreciated.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></div></div><pre>The Oppenheimer Group ---- CONFIDENTIAL<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sell apps to millions through the Intel(R) Atom(Tm) Developer Program Be part of this innovative community and reach millions of netbook users worldwide. Take advantage of special opportunities to increase revenue and speed time-to-market. Join now, and jumpstart your future. <a href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-atom-d2d" target="_blank">http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-atom-d2d</a> _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list <a href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users" target="_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</a> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null<o:p></o:p></div><o:p> </o:p></div></div></div></body></html> <pre>The Oppenheimer Group ---- CONFIDENTIAL This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited.