This should probably go to plugins maintainers since command.cfg which is distributed with plugins actually contains that line:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/dl/nagios-plugins-1.4.11# grep notify-by-email * -R command.cfg.in:command[notify-by-email]=/bin/printf "$OUTPUT$" | /bin/mail -s '$SERVICESTATE$ alert for $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$' $CONTACTEMAIL$ command.cfg.in:command[host-notify-by-email]=/bin/echo -e "***** Nagios *****\n\nHost "$HOSTALIAS$" is $HOSTSTATE$!\n\nDate/Time: $DATETIME$\n" | /bin/mail -s 'Host $HOSTNAME$ is $HOSTSTATE$!' $CONTACTEMAIL$ ========== Marcel Hecko NAGIOS Consultancy, Slovakia Robert Dodier wrote: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Marc Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> It seems like the packaging is a little out of date; I wouldn't expect >>> >> > the latest & greatest tarball to contain configuration files with the >> > wrong format. Oh well. >> >> I checked before responding. The example config files are in the correct >> format. I'm not sure where you got these but I assure you it wasn't from >> the distribution nagios tarball. >> > > I assure that it was indeed. > > I went to http://www.nagios.org/download/ and clicked the button > to download "Nagios 3.0 (stable)" which redirected me to SF from > which I obtained nagios-3.0.tar.gz. Then I went back to > http://www.nagios.org/download for "Nagios Plugins (stable releases)" > which sent me to SF, from which I downloaded the most recent > release, nagios-plugins-1.4.11.tar.gz dated 2007-12-13. > >From those I built rpms via rpmbuild -tb <tarball>. > Then I installed those rpms. The obsolete command.cfg was in > one of those rpms. > > Maybe building rpms is a stupid idea. If so, would someone please > remove the rpm spec files from the tarballs. > > >> This format hasn't been used or distributed for probably 5 years or more. >> > > Maybe the files were in a state of suspended animation in the > Bermuda Triangle or Knotts Berry Farm or something. > > FWIW > Robert Dodier > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > _______________________________________________ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ 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