check_snmp now considers strings returned by SNMP that contain just

numbers (according to strtod) to be a numeric value for threshold and
performance data

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_snmp.c b/plugins/check_snmp.c
index f32a26eb..9d919422 100644
--- a/plugins/check_snmp.c
+++ b/plugins/check_snmp.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
         char *outbuff;
         char *ptr = NULL;
         char *show = NULL;
+        char *endptr = NULL;
         char *th_warn=NULL;
         char *th_crit=NULL;
         char type[8] = "";
@@ -395,6 +396,19 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
                                 }
                         }
 
+                        /* Allow numeric conversion if whole string is a number. Make concession for strings with " at beginning or end */
+                        /* This duplicates the conversion a bit later, but is cleaner to separate out the checking against the conversion */
+                        ptr = show;
+                        if (*ptr == '"')
+                                ptr++;
+                        if (*ptr != '\0' ) {
+                                strtod( ptr, &endptr );
+                                if (*endptr == '"')
+                                        endptr++;
+                                if (*endptr == '\0')
+                                        is_numeric=1;
+                        }
+
                 }
                 else if (strstr (response, "Timeticks: "))
                         show = strstr (response, "Timeticks: ");