Startup errors

[Marc Powell]

I don't know if it's the formatting of the email or not, but the line
beginning with 'n other host definitions' looks to be the problem. Looks
like you've got some carriage return problems with your config file. Try
commenting out that line with a '#'.

Marc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Seth Hollen [mailto:seth at opentechinc.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 8:07 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Startup errors
> 
> I am new to nagios and have been following all directions I can find
> especially the article in Onlamp.
> 
> If I do "/usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v
> /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg"
> I get this:
> 
> Reading configuration data...
> 
> Error: Could not add object property in file
> '/usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts.cfg' on line 3.
> Here is my hosts.cfg file
> 
> -----------begin hosts.cfg-----------------------
> # Generic host definition template
> define host{
>  # The name of this host template - referenced i
>  name                            generic-host
>  n other host definitions, used for template recursion/resolution
>  # Host notifications are enabled
>  notifications_enabled           1
>  # Host event handler is enabled
>  event_handler_enabled           1
>  # Flap detection is enabled
>  flap_detection_enabled          1
>  # Process performance data
>  process_perf_data               1
>  # Retain status information across program restarts
>  retain_status_information       1    # Retain non-status information
> across program restarts
>  retain_nonstatus_information    1
>  # DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL HOST,
>  # JUST A TEMPLATE!
>  register                        0
> }
> 
> 
> # Host Definition
> 
> define host{
>  # Name of host template to use
>  use                     generic-host
> 
>  host_name               nagios.lan
>  alias                   nagios
>  address                 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>  check_command           check-host-alive
>  max_check_attempts      10
>  notification_interval   120
>  notification_period     24x7
>  notification_options    d,u,r
> }
> ----------------end hosts.cfg-------------------
> 
> Could anyone point me in the right direction???
> Thank you!
> 
> Take Care,
> 
> Seth Hollen
> seth at opentechinc.net
> 727-919-1598
> 
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