check_tcp behavior

Scott Moynes smoynes at nerdnest.org
Tue Jan 27 19:28:57 CET 2004


* nagios at acmecargo.com (nagios at acmecargo.com) wrote:
> My question to the list is; does the check_tcp plugin simply look to
> see if the port is open, then closes the connection? or is there any
> output sent to the remote host?

From my reading, unless you use the --send=STRING argument, it
attempts to open the port, then closes it.

> ... I am at the mercy of more intelligent individuals.

Probably not more intelligent, just more experienced with code.

Cheers,
-- 
Scott Moynes
"Computer science is as much about computers
as astronomy is about telescopes." -- Dijkstra


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