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John Gardeniers
Asked: 2010-11-05 15:07:54 +0800 CST

Nagios check with $ in parameter

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I need to add Nagios checks for Windows SQL services that have a dollar sign in the name (e.g. MSSQL$TOLLCONNECT) but am so far unable to work out how to pass that name along without it being Nagios treating it as a variable name. What is the simplest way to do this, other than modifying the service name itself, which would break other things?

I'm running NSClient++ on the target machines and have considered creating checks with hard-coded names but that idea leaves a lot to be desired, as it creates a maintenance nightmare.

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  1. Best Answer

    Had I kept searching just that little longer I wouldn't have had to ask. This web page has the answer. MSSQL"$$"TOLLCONNECT works a treat. Not the most intuitive syntax.

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