On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Max Hetrick <maxhetr...@verizon.net> wrote: > > Host dependencies aren't to be confused with parent/child relationships. > Parent/child relationships are what actually define the network topology. > > Host dependencies are just for defining a dependency from host "A" to > from host "B" and so on. I'm not sure the usefulness of this, but I'm > sure someone uses it. > > http://www.nagios.org/faqs/viewfaq.php?faq_id=145 > > Regards, > Max >
I could see the usefulness for remote sites, checking that a router is on a network, before scanning servers/clients inside the network. Obviously if the router is unreachable, you don't want to continue scanning that part of the network. Regards, -- Glen Barber FreeBSD Tutorials: http://www.dev-urandom.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ 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