Eddie F wrote: > Hi all, > > How/where do I report bugs for Nagios? > And just as importantly, how/where do I check to see if it is > something that has already been reported? > > I think I might have found a bug in check_ping when a a domain name is > entered for host_address rather than the IP address. I've found that > using the domain name seems to work fine with some other check > commands (FTP, HTTP and SSH). >
I can think of a reason for this, using a hostname is really testing 2 things, your DNS resolution and the 'reachablity' of the said host. If your DNS goes down then the ping test fails even though it might be fine. > > See the two examples below, running check_ping on our system. Firstly > using the domain name, then using IP address... > > # /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ping -H nagios.org -w 300,10% -c 1000,50% > -p 5 > CRITICAL - Plugin timed out after 10 seconds > > # /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ping -H 66.118.156.22 -w 300,10% -c > 1000,50% -p 5 > PING WARNING - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 709.87 > ms|rta=709.869019ms;300.000000;1000.000000;0.000000 pl=0%;10;50;0 > > > I've tried this with many hosts (one on the same sub-net), and the > result have always been the same > > Thanks, > Eddie. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > [email protected] > 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 -- Network Administrator / Manager Webzone Internet 1st Floor (Oakley Street Entrance) 167 Grote Street Adelaide SA, 5000 Phone 1300 303 932 Fax 08 8221 6204 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list [email protected] 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
