-epn seems not work in 3.x (was: Strange characters in output when using check_logfiles with 3.0a5)

[Ingo Lantschner]

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Am 10.07.2007 um 20:37 schrieb Ingo Lantschner:

>> using check_logfiles to search for Portscans in /var/log/snort/alert
>> I get this output:
>>
>> &#-56;&#-99;h&#-22;> - (3 errors in
>> check_logfiles.protocol-2007-07-06-11-08-53) - [**] [122:1:0]
>> (portscan) TCP Portscan [**] ...
>>
> Seems as if there could be a relation to embeded perl, see post on
> nagios-users from Peter Krüpl:
> - ---
> Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 3.0 EPN problems....
> The output gets garbled like the following:  "&#-64;&#-66;:67 Peer
> is Up."
> instead of :"AS9167 Peer is Up."
>
> This happens when i have "use_embedded_perl_implicitly=1"  
> configured....
> When i have "use_embedded_perl_implicitly=0" configured and
> include "# nagios: +epn" in my plugins.... the output is ok.
> - ---

Hi,
I just reproduced the problems from Peter Krüpl. My initial problem,  
with the wired characters are probably due to an incompatibility  
between the plugin check_logfiles and epn. (Setting  
use_embedded_perl=0 the prefix is show correct)

But to my understanding of the tag "#nagios: -epn" it should disable  
epn for the particular plugin even if use_embedded_perl ist set to 1.  
But unfortunately the output still gets messed up.

So for the moment I can work around this. If I should contribute any  
other testing, pls. let me know.

Thanks, Ingo.
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Ingo Lantschner
Vienna/Austria
Mob (+43-664) 143 84 18


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