check_by_ssh

[Subhendu Ghosh]

The command must be enclosed in quotes if it consists of multiple words 
regardless of whether -C is used or not.

The recommend way is to use -C and not a positional paramter.

@!~* thought I had found all the positional paramenters :(

-sg

On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 jmarquart at planalytics.com wrote:

> 
> 
> Hmm that answers a problem i have had - which convinced me to run check_by_ssh
> form the netsaint plugin package.
> 
> simple usage help (i.e. check_by_ssh w/out any args) - says that you can omit
> the -C - that the -C is only needed to run passive mode - multiple checks.
> 
> with the netsaint plugins - it functions correctly that way as well
> 
> so - it the nagios plugin wrong when it says:
> 
> check_by_ssh [-f] [-t timeout] [--i identity] [-l user] -H <host> <command> ...
> 
> or is it just that without the -C - it has trouble parsing the command?
> 
> 
> also - does anyone have an instance of using multiple -C for passive mode?
> (and is it a passive check? or some other passive mode?
> 
> 
> -john
> 
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> 
> Gunnar Hellekson <ghelleks at mac.com> on 08/16/2002 01:22:12 PM
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> To:   nagios-users <nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
> cc:   "Rusch, Daniel" <Daniel.Rusch at GlobalCrossing.com> (bcc: John J. der
>       Schalla Marquart/Planalytics)
> 
> Subject:  Re: [Nagios-users] check_by_ssh
> 
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> 
> 
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> > From: "Rusch, Daniel" <Daniel.Rusch at GlobalCrossing.com>
> > Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 12:46:32 -0400
> > To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: [Nagios-users] check_by_ssh
> >
> > All,
> >
> > I am trying to do a check_by_ssh. I tried to run it from command line like
> > this:
> >
> > ./check_by_ssh -H anotherBox /home/nagios/check_ping -L www.yahoo.com 25 50
> > 200 1000
> 
> Seems you're missing the "-C" argument.  That cmd should read:
> 
> ./check_by_ssh -H anotherBox -C '/home/nagios/check_ping -L www.yahoo.com 25
> 50 200 1000'
> 
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