Nagios fails on empty config file

[Ethan Galstad]

Marc Haber wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> this is a forward from the Debian BTS, http://bugs.debian.org/354007.
> 
> If Nagios 2 encounters an empty config file, it exits with "invalid
> argument":
> 
> |Reading configuration data...
> |
> |Error: Cannot open config file '/etc/nagios-plugins/config/imap.cfg' for
> |reading: Invalid argument
> |
> |***> 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.
> |
> |* errors in config!
> |  failed!
> |invoke-rc.d: initscript nagios2, action "start" failed.
> |root at debian:/etc/nagios-plugins/config#
> 
> This has been verified to be still present in nagios 2.5.
> 
> Greetings
> Marc
> 

I believe this is proper behavior.  The "Invalid argument" string is 
coming from the system via the strerror() function.


Ethan Galstad,
Nagios Developer
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