check_http plugin redirects bug

[Subhendu Ghosh]

I had asked for clarification on this when the last request was made - did 
not get any response (or I missed it).

If you have a patch that parses the redirect string and prepends the slash 
if missing, that would be great.

-sg

On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Russell Scibetti wrote:

> I sent this to the nagiosplug list with no response, so I was hoping 
> someone on this list might be able to respond to this:
> 
> I have found a problem with the check_http plugin and its ability to 
> follow redirects properly.  If it hits a redirect that has the full 
> domain and file name given, it can follow the redirect (assuming you are 
> giving the plugin the "-f follow" argument).  However, if the 
> redirect in the HTTP header only gives the file name without a leading 
> slash, the plugin tries doing a GET for that file name.  Since it is 
> missing the leading slash, the plugin will always return a 404 in this case.  
> 
> Should I just fix the plugin to make sure that the leading slash is 
> added, or is the plugin developer on this list and he/she would like to 
> fix it?  Or does anyone have any other suggestions?
> 
> -Russell Scibetti
> 
> 

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