If you're using Redhat, unless there is a specific reason you want to compile from source, just install Nagios vai yum repository:
yum install nagios yum install nagios-plugins That will install everything you need to get going. It also installs the /etc/init.d startup script, so you can then run the chkconfig command to 'turn on' the nagios server: chkconfig --level 2345 nagios on Using Redhat RPM's via yum package management also makes upgrades a snap. And if you're using Redhat, CentOS, etc, using yum is one of the major reasons for running such an operating system. Unlike a previous poster who stated that repositories are often stale and do not quickly apply security updates, this is not so for Redhat systems. Their package maintainers often release package updates for software such as Nagios within a few days, if not the same day, the software is released. Security updates are often released the same day. Yes, if you want to install via yum, delete the Nagios directories you installed from source. Might as well delete the user you created as well. To access the web page, make sure you add a valid user/password to the password file as defined in /etc/httpd/conf.d/nagios.cnf (assuming you installed Apache via yum as well). Good luck! James Moseley "Khairuzzamri" <k_za...@kannal.c om.my> To "Kevin Keane" 01/19/2009 11:48 <subscript...@kkeane.com> PM cc nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios compatibility Thanks Kevin for the reply, Kevin Keane wrote: As your suggestion to remove my existing nagios, is it correct to remove the nagios by deleting every nagios directory in my machine? (I'm using nagios-3.0.3.tar.gz and nagios-plugins-1.4.12.tar.gz installer) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ 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