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Werk #2443: Fixed quoting of ! in classical nagios checks configured via WATO

Component Core & setup
Title Fixed quoting of ! in classical nagios checks configured via WATO
Date Nov 1, 2015
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.2.7i4 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.2.8b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

Any ! character configured in the WATO rule Classical active and passive Monitoring checks or through the command line via custom_checks was incorrectly quoted. Nagios truncated the command at the !, which lead to unwanted results.

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