check_radius command uses wrong syntax

[Erik Forsberg]

Binary package hint: nagios-plugins

In /etc/nagios-plugins/conf/radius.cfg, a 'check_radius' command is defined as follows:

# 'check_radius' command definition
define command{
 command_name check_radius
 command_line /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_radius $ARG1$ $ARG2$ $HOSTADDRESS$ 1812 $ARG3$
 }

This doesn't concur with the commandline help of /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_radius:

/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_radius --help
check_radius v1859 (nagios-plugins 1.4.11)
Copyright (c) 1999 Robert August Vincent II
Copyright (c) 2000-2006 Nagios Plugin Development Team
        <email address hidden>

Tests to see if a RADIUS server is accepting connections.

Usage:check_radius -H host -F config_file -u username -p password [-n nas-id] [-P port]
                  [-t timeout] [-r retries] [-e expect]

Options:
 -h, --help
    Print detailed help screen
 -V, --version
    Print version information
 -H, --hostname=ADDRESS
    Host name, IP Address, or unix socket (must be an absolute path)
 -P, --port=INTEGER
    Port number (default: 1645)
 -u, --username=STRING
    The user to authenticate
 -p, --password=STRING
    Password for autentication (SECURITY RISK)
 -n, --nas-id=STRING
    NAS identifier
 -F, --filename=STRING
    Configuration file
 -e, --expect=STRING
    Response string to expect from the server
 -r, --retries=INTEGER
    Number of times to retry a failed connection
 -t, --timeout=INTEGER
    Seconds before connection times out (default: 10)
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I personally use this definition instead:

define command {
 command_name check_radius
 command_line /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_radius -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -F /etc/radiusclient/radiusclient.conf -u $ARG1$ -p $ARG2$ -t 10
}

# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04
Release: 8.04
# apt-cache policy nagios-plugins
nagios-plugins:
  Installed: 1.4.11-1ubuntu5
  Candidate: 1.4.11-1ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 1.4.11-1ubuntu5 0
        500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Thierry Carrez (ttx)]

Fixed in Jaunty by updating nagios-plugins to 1.4.12-4ubuntu1