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I would like to report this as a bug - what is the proper procedure?

Best regards,
Steffen Poulsen


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> af Steffen Poulsen
> Sendt: 1. oktober 2007 16:05
> Til: Nagios Developers List
> Emne: [Nagios-devel] Inherited custom object vars using=20
> definitions inresource.cfg
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> Hi,=20
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> We would like to utilize resource.cfg for holding secrets, and we are
> trying to do something like this:
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> Passwords in resource.cfg:
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> $USER20$=3Dsecret1
> $USER21$=3Dsecret2
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> Each host use one of the passwords in hosts.cfg:
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> define host {
> use generic-host
> host_name host1
> alias host1
> address ip1
> _snmp_community $USER20$
> }
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> Services use the community in services.cfg:
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> define service {
> use generic-service
> host_name host1
> service_description snmp_check_load
> check_command check_snmp_11187
> }
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> define command {
> command_name check_snmp_11187
> command_line $USER1$/check_snmp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -C
> $_HOSTSNMP_COMMUNITY$ -o .1.3.6.1.... -w 70=20
> }
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> But $_HOSTSNMP_COMMUNITY$ appears to be not set once it reaches the
> command_line?
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> Using something like this (defining the password directly in=20
> hosts.cfg,
> without going through resource.cfg):
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> _snmp_community secret3
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> Appears to work ok - so what is hindering the other approach? Is there
> an undocumented expansion order preventing the hierarchical use? And,
> more importantly - is this per spec or in error?
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> Best regards,
> Steffen Poulsen
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