[Nagiosplug-devel] How do we report a possible bug (in check_ping)?

[Eddie F]

Hi all,

How/where do I report bugs for a Nagios plugin (check_ping)?
And just as importantly, how/where do I check to see if it is something that
has already been reported?

I think I might have found a bug in check_ping when a a domain name is
entered for host_address rather than the IP address.
I've found that using the domain name seems to work fine with some other
check commands (FTP, HTTP and SSH).
Also: System pings work fine too...
# /bin/ping -n -U -w 10 -c 5 nagios.org
PING nagios.org (66.118.156.22) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 66.118.156.22: icmp_seq=1 ttl=45 time=431 ms
64 bytes from 66.118.156.22: icmp_seq=2 ttl=45 time=461 ms
64 bytes from 66.118.156.22: icmp_seq=3 ttl=45 time=451 ms
64 bytes from 66.118.156.22: icmp_seq=4 ttl=45 time=441 ms
64 bytes from 66.118.156.22: icmp_seq=5 ttl=45 time=452 ms
--- nagios.org ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 3999ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 431.271/447.571/461.284/10.243 ms


See the two examples below, running check_ping on our system. Firstly using
the domain name, then using IP address...
# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ping -H nagios.org -w 300,10% -c 1000,50%
-p 5
CRITICAL - Plugin timed out after 10 seconds

# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ping -H 66.118.156.22 -w 300,10% -c
1000,50% -p 5
PING WARNING - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 709.87
ms|rta=709.869019ms;300.000000;1000.000000;0.000000 pl=0%;10;50;0


I've tried this with many hosts (one on the same sub-net), and the result
have always been the same

Thanks,
Eddie
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