semicolon in check command

[Paulo Fraser]

I am trying to use a semicolon as part of a URL in a check command and it is
not being accepted by Nagios.  One the command line, the following command
works great:

# /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_http -H web -u
"/acp-servlet/LinkServlet;jsessionid=bogus.acp2_tomcat1?type=DOWNLOAD&packag
eID=300-4" -s Math

I get the following:
HTTP ok: HTTP/1.1 200 OK -   0.138 second response time |time=  0.138

However, when I try to create a service using this plugin it fails because
of the semicolon.  I have defined a command using the check_http plugin in
checkcommands.cfg:

# 'check_content' command definition
define command{
        command_name    check_content
        command_line    $USER1$/check_http -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -u $ARG1$ -s
$ARG2$
        }

In my services.cfg I then have the following definition:

check_command
check_content!"/acp-servlet/LeapLinkServlet;jsessionid=bogus.acp2_tomcat1?ty
pe=DOWNLOAD&packageID=300-4"!Math

However, Nagios seems to be truncating everything at the semicolon.  When I
use View Config in the web interface and view the Services it shows:

	check_content!"/acp-servlet/LeapLinkServlet

I tried escaping the semicolon with a backslash ( \; ) but that didn't work.
Has anyone ever had to monitor a URL with a semicolon, is there someway to
do this?

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated?

PS - Now that I'm a member of this list is there a way to see the email
addresses in the mailing list archives?  I found a post with a similar
problem to mine by someone named Jamin back in January of 2003, but I can't
email him, since the email address is hidden.

--
Paulo Fraser
Senior Systems Administrator
Leapfrog Enterprises, Inc.
(510) 420-5374
 


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