> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Melanie Pfefer > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 10:08 AM > To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Nagios-users] Invalid max_check_attempts value for host > > Hi, > > I am running nagios 2.9 and created a new file > hosts.cfg to list all servers to be monitored. > > The initial lines were taken from localhost.cfg where > it defines 2 templates and the localhost. I added > these lines: > > # 'host1 ' host definition > define host{ > use generic-host > host_name host1 > address 172.10.31.22 > contact_groups sysadmin > } > > ./nagios -v ../etc/nagios.cfg gives this error: > > Error: Invalid max_check_attempts value for host > 'host1' > Error: Could not register host (config file > '/usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts.cfg', starting on line > 56) > > any idea please on how to resolve this error?
Does your generic-host template specify a valid max_check_attempts value? If not, you'll need to add it there or to the host definition itself. -- Marc ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ 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
