1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_by_ssh.c b/plugins/check_by_ssh.c
index 7ffa0ded..4d0c8e7d 100644
--- a/plugins/check_by_ssh.c
+++ b/plugins/check_by_ssh.c
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #       define NP_MAXARGS 1024
 #endif
 
+char *check_by_ssh_output_override(void *remote_output) { return ((char *)remote_output); }
+
 typedef struct {
         int errorcode;
         check_by_ssh_config config;
@@ -155,10 +157,21 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 xasprintf(&sc_active_check.output, "command stdout:");
 
                 if (child_result.out.lines > skip_stdout) {
+
+                        char *remote_command_output = NULL;
                         for (size_t i = skip_stdout; i < child_result.out.lines; i++) {
-                                xasprintf(&sc_active_check.output, "%s\n%s", sc_active_check.output,
-                                                  child_result.out.line[i]);
+                                if (i == skip_stdout) {
+                                        // first iteration
+                                        xasprintf(&remote_command_output, "%s", child_result.out.line[i]);
+                                } else {
+                                        xasprintf(&remote_command_output, "%s\n%s", remote_command_output,
+                                                          child_result.out.line[i]);
+                                }
                         }
+
+                        sc_active_check.output = remote_command_output;
+                        overall.default_output_override_content = remote_command_output;
+                        overall.default_output_override = check_by_ssh_output_override;
                 } else {
                         xasprintf(&sc_active_check.output, "remote command '%s' returned status %d",
                                           config.remotecmd, child_result.cmd_error_code);