Unable to retrieve $address$ field when host contains a space about nagstamon HOT 5 CLOSED

Another note: try to switch connection method for actions to IP - thus the DNS-wise wrong space-containing hostname should play no role anymore.

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That was my first thought as well, but unfortunatelly the connection method was already on IP. I even tried moving the connection method to something else and back to IP, but the same error remains in the log file

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How do spaceless hostnames behave?

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The ping action works on a spaceless host, since it is able to retrieve the address field from the host cgi page at that moment.
DEBUG: 2014-04-01 16:13:22.160000 Nagios IPK BE/ZAVENTEM/SERVER/IT/IT/IPBE10387/TEST Clicked context menu: PING
DEBUG: 2014-04-01 16:13:22.166000 Nagios IPK FetchURL: http://nagios/nagios/cgi-bin/extinfo.cgi?type=1&host=BE/ZAVENTEM/SERVER/IT/IT/IPBE10387/TEST CGI Data: None
DEBUG: 2014-04-01 16:13:22.626000 Nagios IPK BE/ZAVENTEM/SERVER/IT/IT/IPBE10387/TEST IP of BE/ZAVENTEM/SERVER/IT/IT/IPBE10387/TEST: ipbe10387
DEBUG: 2014-04-01 16:13:22.626000 Nagios IPK BE/ZAVENTEM/SERVER/IT/IT/IPBE10387/TEST ACTION: COMMAND start ping -t ipbe10387

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Well, so in my opinion the moste senseful solution is to rename the host spaceless. The ping command or any other command will always fails because spaces ARE no allowed parts of hostnames.
A little chance to do anything with space containing hostnames might be putting them into "", like "$ADDRESS$" or maybe via "$HOST$".

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