What's the first line in your commands.cfg? Eric Chatham wrote: > [root@ ~ bin]# /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v > /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg > > Nagios 3.0.6 > Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Ethan Galstad (http://www.nagios.org) > Last Modified: 12-01-2008 > License: GPL > > Reading configuration data... > > Error: Unexpected token or statement in file > '/opt/nagios/etc/main/commands.cfg' on line 1. > > ***> One or more problems was encountered while processing the config files... > > Check your configuration file(s) to ensure that they contain valid > directives and data defintions. If you are upgrading from a previous > version of Nagios, you should be aware that some variables/definitions > may have been removed or modified in this version. Make sure to read > the HTML documentation regarding the config files, as well as the > 'Whats New' section to find out what has changed. > > Eric Chatham > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marc Powell [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 16:38 > To: Nagios Users > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] New to Nagios - Need help with nagios.cfg > > > On Feb 16, 2009, at 2:58 PM, Eric Chatham wrote: > > >> Hello, >> >> I'm very new to Nagios. I'm running version Nagios 3.0.6 on CentOS >> RHEL 5.1. I used the FC6 instructions for my installation. I've >> successfully installed the program per the Quick-start guide >> provided on the Website. We presently have another server with an >> older version of Nagios installed. It's using "cfg_dir=/opt/nagios/ >> etc" as its location for all *.cfg giles. >> >> Here's a problem: When I try to create an alternate directory >> (cfg_dir) in the nagios config file, I keep getting a CONFIG ERROR >> when I try to restart the service. I would like to use "cfg_dir=/opt/ >> nagios/etc/main" to hold all the config files. Here is a list of >> that directory right now: >> >> [root@ ~ main]# ls -l >> total 68 >> -rwxrwxr-x 1 nagios nagios 7714 Feb 13 16:55 commands.cfg >> -rwxrwxr-x 1 nagios nagios 2166 Feb 13 16:52 contacts.cfg >> -rwxrwxr-x 1 nagios nagios 240 Feb 13 14:28 hostgroups.cfg >> -rwxrwxr-x 1 nagios nagios 163 Feb 13 16:51 hosts.cfg >> -rwxrwxr-x 1 nagios nagios 2414 Feb 13 16:39 services.cfg >> -rwxrwxr-x 1 nagios nagios 10812 Feb 13 16:41 templates.cfg >> -rwxrwxr-x 1 nagios nagios 3209 Feb 13 16:55 timeperiods.cfg >> [root@ ~ main]# service nagios restart >> Running configuration check... CONFIG ERROR! Restart aborted. >> Check your Nagios configuration. >> > > Seems like one of the config files probably has an error in it. Run '/ > path/to/nagios -v /path/to/nagios.cfg'. > > -- > Marc > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > [email protected] > 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 > > CONFIDENTIAL. This e-mail and any attached files are confidential and should > be destroyed and/or returned if you are not the intended and proper recipient. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > [email protected] > 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 > >
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