SNMP Password limitation

[JohnFLi]

I am trying to monitor a switch that is using SNMP v3

after using the config wizard for a network switch in XI, I get an output of '(No output on stdout) stderr: /bin/sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `(''

I tried it in the command line as well, and appears to be freaking when it hits the '(' that is part of the password.

is this a known issue? or am I just doing somethign worng?

The command view:

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$USER1$/check_ifoperstatnag $ARG1$ $ARG2$ $HOSTADDRESS$

ARG1 :

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16814080

ARG2:

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-v3 -u sanswitchmonitor.svc -A my(password -a MD5 -l noAuthNoPriv

[Box293]

In your password try escaping the bracket with a backslash \

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-v3 -u sanswitchmonitor.svc -A my\(password -a MD5 -l noAuthNoPriv

[JohnFLi]

even though the ( is in the middle of the password?

WHen I tried that...... it just went to the

>

prompt and sat there

[abrist]

You may need to use a $USERn$ macro for this. See:
http://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagi ... Macros.pdf

[JohnFLi]

Ok, in resource.cfg I added

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 $USER9$=jdj(kdfsk

changed the command to now read

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$ARG1$      16797696
$ARG2$       -v3 -u sanswitchmonitor.svc -A $USER9$ -a MD5 -l authNoPriv

when I run the test, this is what it returns:

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COMMAND: /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ifoperstatnag 16797696 -v3 -u sanswitchmonitor.svc -A \$USER9\$ -a MD5 -l authNoPriv dc-n5k-s2

OUTPUT: Usage /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ifoperstatnag: <interface index> <snmpget options>
  Check_ifoperstatus requires that the first argument be the interface index that this interface can be found at under the remote devices snmp tree.
  This should always be a positive integer, or zero.
  All options beyond the first, are arguments that must follow the snmpget command line parameters.

[abrist]

The test is run by apache, which does not, nor should not, have access to the resource.cfg file. Please save the changes and allow the check to run as a normally scheduled nagios check as it will then run as the nagios user which does have access to resource.cfg.

[JohnFLi]

oy...now i get

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(No output on stdout) stderr: /bin/sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
/bin/sh: -c: line 0: `/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ifoperstatnag 16797696 -v3 -u sanswitchmonitor.svc -A "password shows correctly"  -a MD5 -l authNoPriv dc-n5k-s2'

[abrist]

Does it work if just run from the cli?

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/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ifoperstatnag 16797696 -v3 -u sanswitchmonitor.svc -A "<your pass here>"  -a MD5 -l authNoPriv dc-n5k-s2

[lmiltchev]

Try escaping the "(" in the resource.cfg. Set up the password as such:

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$USER9$=jdj\(kdfsk

and give it another try.

[JohnFLi]

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Usage /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ifoperstatnag:
Check_ifoperstatus requires that the first argument be the interface index that this interface can be found at under the remote devices snmp tree.
This should always be a positive integer, or zero.
All options beyond the first, are arguments that must follow the snmpget command line parameters.

Think I will try to get the admin of the switch to change the password and get rid of the offending character....

Thank you for the try.