I've never personally used an unrecommended character in host_name or alias, but in command argument I have been forced to this from time to time. For that to work I had to escape the character, have you tried this?
Kind Regards Mikael Schmidt Vice Tjänstechef, Presale Certified MCITP Enterprise Administrator & Enterprise Messaging Administrator 2010 IXX IT-partner AB Adress: Helsingborgsvägen 60, 262 72 Ängelholm Tel: 0431-44 51 00 Direktnr: 0709 51 81 20 Web: www.ixx.se <http://www.ixx.se/> Mail: mikael.schm...@ixx.se <http://blogg.ixx.se/> On 5/16/13 10:13 AM, "Tomas Macek" <ma...@fortech.cz> wrote: >Hello, I have here Icinga 1.7.2 and have a problem with links in classic >UI when host is named in certain way. I allowed to use ">" char in Icinga >using "illegal_object_name_chars=`~!$%^&*|'"<?,()=" option in icinga.cfg >(just removed the ">" char). >Now I have host definition like this: > >define host { > use generic-host > host_name Link from one place->to another > alias Link from one place->to another > address 10.0.1.2 > parents > check_command check-host-alive > contact_groups g.mailALL,g.smsALL > max_check_attempts 3 > notification_interval 60 > notification_period 24x7 > notification_options d,r >} > >In the UI Icinga creates a link, that does not work and leads to >red message "Error: host not found" (or similar). This is the link itself: >https://our.server/icinga/cgi-bin/extinfo.cgi?type=1&host=Link+from+one+pl >ace-%3Eto+another >But IMHO it looks fine (the ">" is well converted to "%3E"), but I'm not >a web guru. > >But when I remove the ">" from the host_name, it works. The working link >is here: >https://our.server/icinga/cgi-bin/extinfo.cgi?type=1&host=Link+from+one+pl >ace-to+another > >I know, that these characters are not recommended for using, because of >some possible cmd line issues, but I'm pretty sure I can use it this way >in our environment, so there should be no problem with that. > >Is that bug or feature? If it's bug - was this solved in some newer >version of Icinga? - I was unable find this in changelog. > >Regards, Tomas > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- >AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete >security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and >efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls >from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. >http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d >_______________________________________________ >icinga-users mailing list >icinga-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/icinga-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d _______________________________________________ icinga-users mailing list icinga-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/icinga-users
