<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.3790.1830" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=593574113-09102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=593574113-09102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=593574113-09102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks for the detailed reply, Tony - the original reponse from Ethan must have escaped my mailbox, sorry.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=593574113-09102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=593574113-09102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I am not comfortable patching nagios, but I might be able to do an errata for the manual - I will look into it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=593574113-09102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=593574113-09102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Best regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=593574113-09102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Steffen Poulsen</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=da dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>Fra:</B> nagios-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] <B>På vegne af </B>Anthony Montibello<BR><B>Sendt:</B> 9. oktober 2007 15:20<BR><B>Til:</B> Nagios Developers List<BR><B>Emne:</B> Re: [Nagios-devel] Inherited custom object vars using definitionsinresource.cfg<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>I do not think it is a bug, have you reviewed the manual?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It has been a while since I read the manual, However I thought the manual was clear about using custom variables.</DIV> <DIV>Also I thought the manual is clear that the object definitions have a discrete number of published fields and they cannot be expanded in the way you desire.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I would suggest you patch Nagios to handle this at your organization, then submit the patch, as a feature request or patch. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Please note: that the original response from Ethan; He is the primary developer of Nagios. </DIV> <DIV>His comments represent that he did not believe this was a bug. but was per spec.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Good luck,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>TOny (author of NC_Net) </DIV> <DIV><BR><BR> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 10/9/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Steffen Poulsen</B> <<A href="mailto:step@tdc.dk">step@tdc.dk</A>> wrote:</SPAN> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I would like to report this as a bug - what is the proper procedure?<BR><BR>Best regards,<BR>Steffen Poulsen <BR><BR><BR>> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----<BR>> Fra: <A href="mailto:nagios-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net">nagios-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net</A><BR>> [mailto:<A href="mailto:nagios-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net"> nagios-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net</A>] På vegne<BR>> af Steffen Poulsen<BR>> Sendt: 1. oktober 2007 16:05<BR>> Til: Nagios Developers List<BR>> Emne: [Nagios-devel] Inherited custom object vars using<BR>> definitions inresource.cfg<BR>><BR>> Hi,<BR>><BR>> We would like to utilize resource.cfg for holding secrets, and we are<BR>> trying to do something like this:<BR>><BR>> Passwords in resource.cfg :<BR>><BR>> $USER20$=secret1<BR>> $USER21$=secret2<BR>><BR>> Each host use one of the passwords in hosts.cfg:<BR>><BR>> define host {<BR>> use generic-host<BR>> host_name host1 <BR>> alias host1<BR>> address ip1<BR>> _snmp_community $USER20$<BR>> }<BR>><BR>> Services use the community in services.cfg:<BR>><BR>> define service { <BR>> use generic-service<BR>> host_name host1<BR>> service_description snmp_check_load<BR>> check_command check_snmp_11187<BR>> }<BR>><BR>> define command {<BR>> command_name check_snmp_11187<BR>> command_line $USER1$/check_snmp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -C<BR>> $_HOSTSNMP_COMMUNITY$ -o .1.3.6.1.... -w 70<BR>> } <BR>><BR>> But $_HOSTSNMP_COMMUNITY$ appears to be not set once it reaches the<BR>> command_line?<BR>><BR>> Using something like this (defining the password directly in<BR>> hosts.cfg,<BR>> without going through resource.cfg):<BR>><BR>> _snmp_community secret3<BR>><BR>> Appears to work ok - so what is hindering the other approach? Is there<BR>> an undocumented expansion order preventing the hierarchical use? And, <BR>> more importantly - is this per spec or in error? :-)<BR>><BR>> Best regards,<BR>> Steffen Poulsen<BR>><BR>> --------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> -----------<BR>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft<BR>> Defy all challenges. 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