[Nagiosplug-help] check_load plugin

[Iain M Conochie]

Good Afternoon,

 	I am trying to get the check_load plugin to work on a nagios 1.3 
server. The plugin version is 1.4.2-5 (ubuntu supplied package). 
Basically, this is my setup

in services.cfg

check_command		check_load!4.5,2.0,2.0!9.0,5.0,5.0

in minimal.cfg

command_line    $USER1$/check_load -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$

Now, when this runs i get the following output

Warning threshold must be float or float triplet!

So according to 
http://www.nagios.org/faqs/viewfaq.php?faq_id=162&expand=true&showdesc=false

I can setup a debug script. So i did :)

#!/bin/sh

echo `date` >> /tmp/debug_check_load
echo $* >> /tmp/debug_check_load
/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_load $*

Now, when I change the entry in services.cfg to

check_command           check_load_debug!4.5,2.0,2.0!9.0,5.0,5.0


I get the correct output!

OK - load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

This is the output to /tmp/debug_check_load

Tue Mar 20 18:01:06 GMT 2007
-w 4.5,2.0,2.0 -c 9.0,5.0,5.0

Any ideas as to what is going on here?

Cheers

Iain