[Nagiosplug-devel] Re: [Nagios-users] nagios plugins, check_ping and slackeare 8.1

[Subhendu Ghosh]

On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, Federico Lombardo wrote:

> root at tbox:/bin# ./ping
> 
> usage: ping [-LRdfnqrv] [-c count] [-i wait] [-l preload] [-p pattern] [-s
> packetsize] [-t ttl] [-I interface address] host

could also you post the output of "ping -n -c 5 somehost"

The above looks like it is already supported..

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> I'm trin' hard to make a patch, but I'm not a programmer... btw... I didn't
> want to be polemic... I only think that check_ping is the most important and
> reliable command of the program.
> 

we understand, but if the os vendors keep changing the options and outout 
of ping, all we can do is keep up and fix as changes are reported.  We 
don't have access to all flavors of OS releases..

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Subhendu Ghosh" <sghosh at sghosh.org>
> To: "Federico Lombardo" <egopfe at hotmail.com>
> Cc: <nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>; "NagiosPlug Devel"
> <nagiosplug-devel at lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 3:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] nagios plugins, check_ping and slackeare 8.1
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> >
> >
> > could you post the output of of the Slackware 8.1 ping
> >
> > and if possible post a patch to chack_ping.c
> >
> > -sg
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, Federico Lombardo wrote:
> >
> > > I wanna inform you that also configure of nagios plugins 1.0beta3) when
> try to identify ping syntax on a slackware 8.1 fails.
> > >
> > > I think that this problem must be solved
> > >
> > >
> > > cheers.
> > >
> > > Federico.
> > >

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