check_ping and source address

[Ben O'Hara]

Hi Guys,

Im looking at adding a ping check from our nagios host to a remote
host, the nagios machine has a number of interfaces and i want to set
the source address of the ping to ensure it goes over a specfic link
(and hence a specific VPN tunnel)

anyone know if this is possible at all?  Ive had a look at the code
for check_ping and it looks like it might be a possibility as its just
calling the ping binary but rather than reinvent the wheel i thought
id ask here first.

anyone doing anything like this at present?

would it be a change to check_ping that people would use or would it
be better to do it elsewhere

Cheers

Ben

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