check_ifoperstatus description not working

[MLaing]

I just upgraded to version 1.5 of the nagios plugins from version 1.4.15.

Anyway if I run:

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check_ifoperstatus -H server-01.mydomain.local -C public -d "HP NC382i DP Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter #50$"

I get:
UNKNOWN: could not retrive ifdescr/iftype snmpkey - 0-0

I can't get this to work at all with the -d, but it works fine if I use -k . It worked completely fine with 1.4.15. Any ideas why this is broken in this version? Thanks!

[abrist]

My supposition is that the description string is not getting matched correctly. The end of the description includes a "$". Is this correct? What key "-k" is working for this check?

[slansing]

If we can't get this figured out here, you might want to talk the plugin development team, or mail into their list at:

help@nagios-plugins.org

ifoperstatus can be a finicky plugin, they likely made a small change that caused problems.

[MLaing]

Abrist,

$ in a regular expression means it ends with. I'm basically trying to prevent it from matching another adapter begins with this and ends with something else. I tried it with the exact description that the command would spit out and those didn't match either.

When you specify -k, you have to give it an integer number. For instance, -k 9 gives me the description "RAS Async Adapter". It shows me that it is up, but then if I run:

'checkifoperstatus -H server-01.mydomain.local -C public -d "RAS Async Adapter"' I get "UNKNOWN: could not retrive ifdescr/iftype snmpkey - 0-0"


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Slansing,

Thanks for the tip. I'll shoot them an email about it. Maybe they can give me some insight as to why nothing is matching.

[slansing]

Let us know what they say! We might actually see your email come through on our end as well.