[Nagiosplug-devel] check_tcp bug
Russell Scibetti
russell at quadrix.com
Wed Dec 18 16:21:06 CET 2002
I've noticed two small problems with the check_tcp plugin (nagiosplug
1.3b2) that prevent it from doing its proper default expect string
checking (i.e - if you are running check_smtp, by default you expect a
"220" return, etc).
First, the expect value for check_pop (and check_spop) is incorrect.
The expect is set to "110", which is just the port for POP. This never
actually gets returned when to do a tcp connect to POP. What you need
to get back to know that POP is working is "+OK".
Secondly, there is a bug in that, unless the user gives uses the -e
argument, none of the default expects will every be checked. Here is a
piece of the check_tcp code:
/* use default expect if none listed in process_arguments() */
if (EXPECT && server_expect_count == 0) {
! server_expect = malloc (1);
server_expect[server_expect_count - 1] = EXPECT;
}
Well, unless you are doing a check_nntp or the user gave a -e <string>,
the value of server_expect_count going into this is 0. So
server_expect[-1] is being stored and server_expect_count doesn't get
set to 1 anywhere. So later, when the code decides if it needs to check
against any expect strings, it sees that server_expect_count = 0, and
doesn't do any comparisons.
The way around this is:
/* use default expect if none listed in process_arguments() */
if (EXPECT && server_expect_count == 0) {
! server_expect = malloc (++server_expect_count);
server_expect[server_expect_count - 1] = EXPECT;
}
Now, server_expect_count is increased to 1 and the value is stored in
server_expect[0]. This will actually make check_tcp check the default
expect values. If you compare, this looks just like the section of code
where you set a user-defined expect string.
I have included a context diff that can be used as a patch. If you have
any questions, just email me back. Thanks.
-Russell Scibetti
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Russell Scibetti
Quadrix Solutions, Inc.
http://www.quadrix.com
(732) 235-2335, ext. 7038
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