Hey Hans, you should try to include the password via resource.cfg, than it should not be touched by Icinga.
Cheers Markus 2013/8/13 Hans Scheffers <hans.scheff...@outlook.com>: > Hi > > We monitor a number of devices and with some we use a eventhandler to > restart a service. > I have a problem with a password tahta contains a $ sign, as this is > interpreted as the start of a variable under linux as expected.. > > In the icinga docs I read escaping a $ sign is possible with a second $ > sign, but this is not working... the complete chain of commands used to log > in a netwerkdevice: > > icinga detects a device unreachable > icinga calls the eventhandler (bash shell script) > After 3 retries or more the eventhandler calls a expect script with a > username / password > The expect script logs in and resets a networt port. > > > The password containing the $ sign has to be transported along these scripts > into the expect script... What would be the way to do this? > > icinga: $$ -> $ in the shell script, so the shell script interpretes the > rest as variable... > > Some system stats: > OpenSuSE 12.2 > Icinga 1.9.3 rpm including ido2db > MySQL DB > Hosts Checked: 110 > Services Checked: 2600 > > > (i know you shouldn't use a $ sign in passwords... but other people didn't > ;) ) > > Hans Scheffers > AIX / Linux SysAdmin > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! > It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. > Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. > Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > icinga-users mailing list > icinga-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/icinga-users > -- Markus Frosch mar...@lazyfrosch.de http://www.lazyfrosch.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ icinga-users mailing list icinga-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/icinga-users
