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

[Holger Weiss]

* Eddie F <bigedd at gmail.com> [2008-06-20 22:53]:
> Here it is with  "-vvv" ...
> 
> # /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ping -vvv -H nagios.org -w 300,10% -c 1000,50% -p 5
> CMD: /bin/ping -n -U -w 10 -c 5 nagios.org
> Output: PING nagios.org (66.118.156.22) 56(84) bytes of data.
> Output: 64 bytes from 66.118.156.22: icmp_seq=1 ttl=45 time=368 ms
> CRITICAL - Plugin timed out after 10 seconds

So it seems to work, apart from the fact that it runs into the timeout.
Maybe ping(1)'s DNS resolution is very slow on your system for some
reason?  Does it work if you increase the plugin timeout by using e.g.
"check_ping -t 60 ..."?

Holger