[Nagiosplug-devel] Standard output from plugins

[Jeremy T. Bouse]

	I've been looking through the plugin documentation on the web
site trying to determine the way responses should be as I find a lot of
the plugins do not give a standardized reply back... I find some just
give back the reply as the output from the error:

	$ ./check_pop -H some.host.domain <- host isn't runnin POP
	Connection refused by host

	$ ./check_dns www.yakoo.com <- Use any non-exist host
	CRITICAL - Plugin timed out after 10 seconds

	I also find subtle differences like "ok" or "ok:" rather than
"OK"... Using mixed capitals for OK or UNKNOWN but using lowercase for
critical or warning... Also those that just list the state vs. others
that identify the plugin then the state:

	CRITICAL - Plugin timed out after 10 seconds

		vs.

	HTTP OK HTTP/1.1 200 OK -   0.268 second response time |time=0.268

	I've been looking through and trying to work to make the
plugins all give some standardized reply back but can't really find any
clear cut verdict as to what should be standard... I've also found a few
plugins which don't actually return the proper return code (check_ssh
was one I've fixed) as they always returned STATE_OK no matter what the
actual output from the plugin stated...

	Although this is only cosmetic really I think it would be a
good idea to get this cleaned up now rather than later if there isn't
any valid reason to not do so... I'm even willing to spend my time doing
so rather than task it out to someone else... 

	Jeremy