Hi Olly. > Any ideas why I would be able to ping a box from the nagios server, but > not get a positive result from the check-host-alive test ?
Did you use the same hostaddress for both the manual ping and nagios check_ping? Especially using hostnames in stead of addresses can be a problem. And of cause one may make a small mistake by typing an address into the config (me often ;-) Bye, Rene ------------------------------------------------------- All the advantages of Linux Managed Hosting--Without the Cost and Risk! Fully trained technicians. The highest number of Red Hat certifications in the hosting industry. Fanatical Support. Click to learn more http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=107521&bid=248729&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
