Nagios Support Forum

is there any way to change the default status code returned from a service check timeout from critical to unknown instead?

I am checking log files on a number of solaris servers using the check_by-ssh plugin and when the check times out it sends an alert to our support teams which I would rather not have happen, since I am checking log files using the max check attempts/retry interval isn't really available to me.

This would have to be changed in the plugin script itself since the exit codes the plugin sends are responsible for state changes in Nagios. A look into the development guidelines in the return codes section will help you identify which you would need to change and what to change them to:

http://nagiosplug.sourceforge.net/devel ... lines.html

You can try using the "negate" plugin with "--critical=UNKNOWN". You can view the usage by running:
You can also review this document:

http://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagi ... Plugin.pdf