On Aug 21, 2009, at 12:01 PM, Kevin Freels wrote: > Error: Could not open command file '/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/ > nagios.cmd' > for update! > > I did the "make install-config" which sets the perms for the > nagios.cmd
'make install-commandmode' does this. > file/directory, and in fact, after starting nagios the file is created > as a pipe (as documented): > > [09:56:09 root rockwell:/usr/local/nagios/var/rw] ls -la > total 8 > drwxrwsr-x. 2 nagios nagios 4096 2009-08-21 09:55 . > drwxrwxr-x. 5 nagios nagios 4096 2009-08-21 09:56 .. > prw-rw---- 1 nagios nagios 0 2009-08-21 09:55 nagios.cmd > > So I'm stumped.... Is your web server user a member of the nagios group in /etc/group? Did you restart the web server after adding it to the group? -- Marc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ 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