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We are running the trial version of Nagios 2012R1.1 and we have some problems.

First we want to add a check like this:
$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p 5666 -c $ARG1$ -a $ARG2$ $ARG3$

The arguments are:
$ARG1$: check_eventlog
$ARG2$: "file=System filter+generated=<1h filter+eventType==warning MaxWarn=1 MaxCrit=1"

When we run this command in a nagiosxi, we get the error:
COMMAND: /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H example.com -p 5666 -c check_eventlog -a "file=System filter generated=\<1h filter eventType==warning MaxWarn=1 MaxCrit=1"
OUTPUT: Unknown argument: generated

It's loose the + between filter and generated.

On the command line this command works:
/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H example.host -p 5666 -c check_eventlog -a "file=System filter+generated=<1h filter+eventType==warning MaxWarn=1 MaxCrit=1"
Eventlog check ok|'eventlog'=0;1;1

What to do to fix this?

Try single quotes instead of double. It looks like the backslash is escaping the rest of the command.

With single quotes we have the same problem:

COMMAND: /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H sede0035.ede.nl -p 5666 -c check_eventlog -a 'file=System filter generated=\>1h filter eventType==warning MaxWarn=1 MaxCrit=1'
OUTPUT: Unknown argument: generated

Without quotes:
COMMAND: /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H sede0035.ede.nl -p 5666 -c check_eventlog -a file=System filter generated=\>1h filter eventType==warning MaxWarn=1 MaxCrit=1
OUTPUT: No filters specified try adding: filter+generated=>2d

Oh, try setting up the command the way that worked from the command-line and see if the check runs properly once the configuration is Applied. It's possible there's an escaping bug with the command test from the UI.

Yes the command works when we did an apply. So it's only the test that failed.

Thanks.