How do we report a possible bug (in check_ping)?

[Andrew D (Webzone)]

Eddie F wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> How/where do I report bugs for Nagios?
> And just as importantly, how/where do I check to see if it is
> something that has already been reported?
> 
> I think I might have found a bug in check_ping when a a domain name is
> entered for host_address rather than the IP address. I've found that
> using the domain name seems to work fine with some other check
> commands (FTP, HTTP and SSH).
> 


I can think of a reason for this, using a hostname is really testing 2 
things, your DNS resolution and the 'reachablity' of the said host.

If your DNS goes down then the ping test fails even though it might be fine.

> 
> See the two examples below, running check_ping on our system. Firstly
> using the domain name, then using IP address...
> 
> # /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ping -H nagios.org -w 300,10% -c 1000,50% -p 5
> CRITICAL - Plugin timed out after 10 seconds
> 
> # /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ping -H 66.118.156.22 -w 300,10% -c
> 1000,50% -p 5
> PING WARNING - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 709.87
> ms|rta=709.869019ms;300.000000;1000.000000;0.000000 pl=0%;10;50;0
> 
> 
> I've tried this with many hosts (one on the same sub-net), and the
> result have always been the same
> 
> Thanks,
> Eddie.
> 
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