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<p class="MsoNormal">Does Nagios allow \ characters in check commands?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If I run this from the terminal:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Check_mssql_health --servername IP ADDRESS --username domain\\domain user --password QWERTY --mode connected-users<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It connects off to my SQL Database and reports back the connected users.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have put the following command into my servers.cfg file<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"># ‘check_mssql_health Connected users’ command definition<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Define command{<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Command_name check_sql_connections<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Command_line $USER1$/check_mssql_health --server $HOSTADDRESS$ --username $ARG1$ --password $ARG2$ --mode $ARG3$<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And my service description reads:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Define service{<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Use service-sql-server<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Host_name SERVER<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Service_description SQL CONNECTION TIME<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Check_command check_sql_connections!domain\\domain user!QWERTY!connected-users!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But when the check runs it outputs with a critical error saying it cant connect to the database because of a login error and its tried to use domaindomainuser. It has stripped out the \\<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Is this normal behaviour of nagios?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Do I need quotes or something?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Kind Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Andrew<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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