Werk #11800: Avoid escaping in custom host attributes

Component

Setup

Title

Avoid escaping in custom host attributes

Date

Apr 7, 2021

Level

Trivial Change

Class

Bug Fix

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

2.1.0b1	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.0.0p2	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.6.0p23	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

In case custom host attributes where containing special characters (e.g. "&"), they where stored escaped on disk and therfore also displayed escaped in the GUI. This fix is applied during omd update, so no manual interaction is needed when updating to this patchlevel.

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