problem with services file.

[Carroll, Jim P [Contractor]]

Sounds like a bug.  Not sure if the current CVS version has the fix.

jc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael T. Halligan [mailto:michael at halligan.org]
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 9:37 PM
> To: Carroll, Jim P [Contractor]
> Cc: 'Ryan Cochrane'; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] problem with services file.
> 
> 
> = 1) I've never had any problems with using tabs in object 
> definitions.  If
> = anything, I make sure my config files have tabs.  I'd be 
> curious to know
> = what error Michael had (and the usual version of 
> Nagios/platform/etc).
> = Regardless, if you prefer spaces, then use spaces.
> 
> I realize now that the errors I have weren't with using tabs in
> object definitions per se, but when putting tabs in front of comments.
> When correcting this, removing that leading tab, there's no problem.
> 
> So, if I have an entry in a file that says
> 	# This begins a definition
> 
> upon an /etc/rc.d/init.d/nagios restart
> 
> I'll receive this error : 
> 
> ---------------------------------------------
> service nagios
> Running configuration check...
> Nagios 1.0b6
> Copyright (c) 1999-2002 Ethan Galstad (nagios at nagios.org)
> Last Modified: 09-15-2002
> License: GPL
> 
> Reading configuration data...
> 
> Error: Unexpected token or statement in file 
> '/etc/nagios/hosts.cfg' on line 2.
> 
> 
> ***> 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 on the main and host config 
> files, as well as the
>      'Whats New' section to find out what has changed.
> 
> failed - aborting restart.
> ---------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> This is on a redhat 7.3 box, with all the latest errata, 
> running the nagios 1.0b6 rpms, 2.4.18-4smp kernel.
> 


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