"*" is not a valid regular expression (the docs are wrong, IIRC).
You want ".*", like: >> host_name .* -John On Aug 18, 2006, at 4:05 PM, Christian Hedegaard wrote: > >> define serviceescalation{ >> host_name * >> service_description * >> first_notification 3 >> last_notification 0 >> contact_groups >> on-duty-pagers,off-duty-pagers,operations-email >> notification_interval 30 >> } > > > Well, the above example DOES NOT WORK. I'm trying very hard to > understand why. Here are the error(s) that nagios gives: > > Error: Could not find any host matching '*' > Error: Could not expand hostgroups and/or hosts specified in service > escalation > > I have plenty of hosts defined, so why wouldn't the regular expression > "*" match them? > > Thanks. > > -- > Christian Hedegaard-Schou > Sr. Systems Administrator > TrustCommerce > 2 Park Plaza, Suite 350 > Irvine, CA 92614 > (949) 387 - 3747 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.trustcommerce.com/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, > security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your > job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache > Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel? > cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&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