Hi Paul, Paul Dubuc, Mittwoch, 2. Januar 2013: > Service and host check plugins are responsible for implementing their > own timeouts, not Nagios. This socket timeout must be specific to the > plugin you are using for the service. The timeouts in nagios.cfg are > backstops that prevent "stuck" plugins from tying up Nagios resources. > You should look at the command or service definition in your other > config files and/or the plugin itself to see where and how this timeout > is defined.
thanks, this was the clue. I now changed the command definition to a timeout of 10 secs, and see - the service isn't flapping anymore. Thanks again! -- Andre Tann ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master HTML5, CSS3, ASP.NET, MVC, AJAX, Knockout.js, Web API and much more. Get web development skills now with LearnDevNow - 350+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122812 _______________________________________________ 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