Confusion over service definitions for passive checks

[Bishop, Dean]

yup.  doesn't make sense but is easy to get around.  

here is my service template entry:


# Service definition for Windows Events				
define service {				
	name				WindowsEvent
	use				generic-service
	is_volatile			1
	check_period		none
	check_command		check-host-alive
	max_check_attempts	1
	service_description	Windows Event
	contact_groups		ServerAdmins,OperationsTech-NonCritical
	register			0
	}			


hth,
dean
-----Original Message-----
From: John Fox [mailto:jjf at mind.net]
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:15 PM
To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Nagios-users] Confusion over service definitions for passive
checks


Hi, Folks,

I'm working on setting up some passive checks, and have run into a point of
confusion.

As I understand the docs, I *must* have a service definition for each
passive
check, and each service definition must specify a command.  And therin lies
the problem; what sort of command should be specified for a passive check?
It makes no sense to me.  Given that the check is passive, nagios has no
need to execute a command.

Do I instead make some sort of reference to the external command file?

Your assistance is greatly appreciated, as this is boggling my poor
little brain. :)

Thank you,

John
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