Better input handling for services and hosts!
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 1:00 pm
This is sort of an extension of the better password support post.
The Idea: Allow unhindered input when naming anything in Nagios.
The Purpose: To allow ease of wizard use and data input.
The Why: I just attempted to input a switch (via wizard) that had one port name with (Test) in it which caused the config apply to fail. I do sysadmin and programming for a living so I understand what an undertaking it can be to add this sort of support, but its basically become one of those Programming 101 rules. There should be code somewhere to handle non-alphanumeric input.
The Idea: Allow unhindered input when naming anything in Nagios.
The Purpose: To allow ease of wizard use and data input.
The Why: I just attempted to input a switch (via wizard) that had one port name with (Test) in it which caused the config apply to fail. I do sysadmin and programming for a living so I understand what an undertaking it can be to add this sort of support, but its basically become one of those Programming 101 rules. There should be code somewhere to handle non-alphanumeric input.