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I'm getting the above error when trying to add a variable value through CCM, which contains '$'
How can I add such a value to a variable without causing Nagios any trouble? Can I just ignore it and add it through the config file itself?

What are you trying to add the variable to?

I need to add a password to a SQL connection through ODBI

Host Management -> Misc Settings -> Manage Variable Definitions:
Variable Name: _SOMEPASS
Variable Value: Pa$$

I'd rather use the odbc.ini file to set the password, but it seems that the FreeTDS driver does not support such parameter.

You should be able to use the /usr/local/nagios/etc/resource.cfg file, and then define a custom $USER#$ variable.

From there, have your script reference the $USER#$ variable, rather than the password.

I forgot to mention that my nagios version is 2012R2.9
I just found out that this issue is gone on version 5.x.x

Anyway, the resource.cfg did not work for me, for some reason... I'm still looking into it.

What do you mean that it didn't work for you?

Have you spun up a XI 5.2.3 test server to check?

The resource.cfg thing wasn't working because it was using some "old" config... I ran 'service nagios reload' and now it's working

Yes, I had set up a 5.2.2 nagios server a couple weeks ago, but unfortunately I still couldn't make it go live due to my company's internal restrictions. I used it just now to test the 'illegal characters' issue.

Ah. All is well now after restarting Nagios then?

Am I good to close this thread out?

Yeah. So, I have to use the resource.cfg workaround for now, until I can move to v5.x.x
Thank you all.