Bug#629640: [Pkg-nagios-devel] Bug#629640: check_ping: should fall back to IPv4 if IPv6 is not available

[Jan Wagner]

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tags 629640 +wontfix
thanks

Hi Chris,

thanks for taking time and reporting the issue.

Am 08.06.2011 12:45, schrieb Chris Butler:
 When neither the -4 nor -6 options are specified on the
 command-line, one would expect the check_ping plugin to try both
 (as most programs do). Instead, if it finds an  record for the
 hostname given, it will *only* try IPv6, and fail if no IPv6
 connectivity is available.
 
 e.g. on a fully dual-stacked host:
 
 chrisb@cob:~$ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ping -H
 www.google.co.uk -w 3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100% -p 1 PING OK - Packet
 loss = 0%, RTA = 19.56
 ms|rta=19.555000ms;3000.00;5000.00;0.00 pl=0%;80;100;0
 
 but on a machine with IPv4 only:
 
 chrisb@squeeze-vm:~$ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ping -H
 www.google.co.uk -w 3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100% -p 1 CRITICAL -
 Network Unreachable (www.google.co.uk)

We discussed this already in #597068[1] and I don't see any other
reasons yet.

With kind regards, Jan.
[1] http://bugs.debian.org/597068
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Bug#629640: check_ping: should fall back to IPv4 if IPv6 is not available

[Chris Butler]

Package: nagios-plugins
Version: 1.4.15-3
Severity: minor

When neither the -4 nor -6 options are specified on the command-line, one
would expect the check_ping plugin to try both (as most programs do).
Instead, if it finds an  record for the hostname given, it will *only*
try IPv6, and fail if no IPv6 connectivity is available.

e.g. on a fully dual-stacked host:

chrisb@cob:~$ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ping -H www.google.co.uk -w 
3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100% -p 1
PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 19.56 
ms|rta=19.555000ms;3000.00;5000.00;0.00 pl=0%;80;100;0

but on a machine with IPv4 only:

chrisb@squeeze-vm:~$ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ping -H www.google.co.uk -w 
3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100% -p 1
CRITICAL - Network Unreachable (www.google.co.uk)


We noticed this earlier today, when Google started publishing an  record
for www.google.co.uk et al. Happy IPv6 day ;)

I realise this testcase may stop working after today, but any host that
publishes both A and  records should do (e.g. ftp.uk.debian.org)

Set to 'minor' severity, since using the -4 and -6 options works, and if
you're specifically testing for v4/v6 connectivity you'd be using them.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.1
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'proposed-updates')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-openvz-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL 
set to en_GB.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages nagios-plugins depends on:
ii  nagios-plugins-basic  1.4.15-3   Plugins for the nagios network mon
ii  nagios-plugins-standard   1.4.15-3   Plugins for the nagios network mon

nagios-plugins recommends no packages.

Versions of packages nagios-plugins suggests:
ii  nagios3   3.2.1-2A host/service/network monitoring 

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