Problem with external commands and custom variables

[Andreas Ericsson]

Stefan Strandberg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm attempting to implement some custom variables for hosts.  Supposedly
> the external command to change the custom variable for a host is
> CHANGE_CUSTOM_HOST_VAR with a certain syntax.  Unfortunately for me, it
> doesn't seem to be working.
> 
> Nagios receives the command and logs it, but doesn't seem to actually
> process it.
> 
> The command given is:
> 
> -- start script --
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> now=`date +%s`
> commandfile='/var/lib/nagios3/rw/nagios.cmd'
> 
> /usr/bin/printf "[%lu]
> CHANGE_CUSTOM_HOST_VAR;dent;_REPAIRSTATUS;repair\n" $now > $commandfile
> 
> -- end script --
> 
> and nagios logs it with
> [1223412361] EXTERNAL COMMAND:
> CHANGE_CUSTOM_HOST_VAR;dent;_REPAIRSTATUS;repair
> 
> in nagios.log, so I think it should be working.

Nagios always logs external commands, even if they're properly formatted
or not. The logging happens before the command is processed, not after,
so there's no telling if Nagios does the right thing with it or not.

>  However, the variable
> never changes in the status.dat file.
> 
> Am I missing a step or doing something wrong?  The documentation doesn't
> have any other examples, and nothing turns up on google.
> 

I can imagine. This is, afaik, the first time the question has been
asked on the nagios-users list.

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