Error: Request contained illegal metachars!

[optionstechnology]

I tried this- same issue

[avandemore]

If you turn on debug in the NRPE listener you can see exactly what arguements where passed and how the check is being executed. What does it say when compared with the check_nrpe invocation?

[tmcdonald]

Just checking in since we have not heard from you in a while. Did @avandemore's post clear things up or has the issue otherwise been resolved?

[optionstechnology]

No the issue was not solved- the debug did not show any information

[tgriep]

I found that the NRPE agent cannot accept the following characters in the arguments.

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|`&><'\\[]{};\r\n

The only workaround is to hard code the settings in the NRPE Agent's config file so then you do not need to use them in the check_nrpe arguments.

[optionstechnology]

Hmmmm, its hard coding that we are trying to avoid in the first place!

I found a way around it where the command is half hard coded and half args

This seems to do the job, just not as cleanly as I would have liked

[bolson]

Closing topic as resolved.

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