Pass "!" is a service argument

[kmarinov]

Hi all

Happy to join the forum!

I'm currently adding a new monitoring for 3rd party Windows service and getting to followin error:
(No output on stdout) stderr: /bin/sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'

I'm using Nagios XI -> Service Management and when I add the name for example: "Name! Test" and save it - when i get back into the settings of this service i see as follow:
Name
Test

without "!" and on two lines.

How can I pass "!"? Probably that is the reason of the error.

Thank you in advance

[cdienger]

! is used as an argument seperator in Nagios. Try using a \ to escape it first. https://support.nagios.com/kb/article/n ... cters.html has more information on this.

[kmarinov]

Thank you but I still cannot pass it with \ in front of !. Any other suggestions?

I'm using check_nsc_nt plugin

[cdienger]

Can you clarify where it isn't working with a screenshot of it failing? It's possible that the test button will no longer work but it is still able to execute as scheduled and will display content on the dashboard.

[kmarinov]

The one from the left is before I save (that is the real name of the service and how I want to looks like) and the one from right is after I click Save and get back into the service options.

[npolovenko]

@kmarinov, What version of XI are you running? Can you try to paste "Act\! Scheduler" as an argument to a different random command, save it and then reopen it. Would it be split over two lines or no?

[kmarinov]

Hello,

Our version is Nagios® Core™ Version 4.0.7. I tried the same command in different config but the result is the same...

[npolovenko]

@kmarinov , Can you try to use single quotes instead?
'Act! Scheduler'

[SteveBeauchemin]

Check this old post...
https://support.nagios.com/forum/viewto ... 95#p158633
Your solution is there.

[npolovenko]

Thanks, @SteveBeauchemin!
@kmarinov, Let us know if your issue was resolved so we can close this thread.