Hi all, I've been banging my head against this for days, and Googled my eyes out to no avail, so I think it is time to bring this to the list.
I have written a plugin in Python which connects to a database on another host, runs an arbitrary query, and (depending on the options passed to it) returns an appropriate Nagios return code. Here is a typical invocation of this script from the command line: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /usr/local/lib/nagios/plugins/dbmon.py -H 10.0.2.9 -u monitor -p password -d testdb -w 10: -c 20: "select count(*) from users" OK: 24 As you can see, I'm running this as the Nagios user with no problems. Here is my command definition: define command{ command_name check-db-count command_line /usr/local/lib/nagios/plugins/dbmon.py -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -u $USER3$ -p $USER4$ -d $ARG1$ -w $ARG3$ -c $ARG4$ $ARG2$ } $USER3$ and $USER4$ are set in resource.cfg to the appropriate values. Here is my service definition: define service{ use generic-service host_name data.zicasso.com service_description Example DB Monitor check_command check-db-count!testdb!"select count(*) from users"!10:!20: contact_groups sysadmin } I would expect this to work, but the plugin returns '(No output!)' Basic debugging step is to make sure the command is being run the way I think it is. So I changed my command definition to: define command{ command_name check-db-count command_line echo /usr/local/lib/nagios/plugins/dbmon.py -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -u $USER3$ -p $USER4$ -d $ARG1$ -w $ARG3$ -c $ARG4$ $ARG2$ >> /tmp/nagios.log } And here is what I see: /usr/local/lib/nagios/plugins/dbmon.py -H 10.0.2.9 -u monitor -p password -d testdb -w 10: -c 20: select count(*) from users Somewhere, the quotes around the SQL statement disappear. And no amount of backslashing, double-quoting, or anything else will convince nagios to pass those quotes along to the plugin! I am using Nagios 2.6 on Debian Etch. I'm also going somewhat nuts over this issue. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null