Null host check_command (was: Advice on host notifications)

[Marc Powell]

----Original Message----
From: Robert Nelson [mailto:rnelson at windchannel.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 8:59 AM
To: Marc Powell; Andreas Ericsson; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Null host check_command (was: Advice on host notifications)

> > > > Or, if you don't like the redundancy, you can always just not
> > > > specify a host check command at all. 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > No. The check_command is not optional for host objects.
> > 
> > Umm. Sorry to inform you but not only is it demonstrably possible,
> > it's documented. I've been running w/o host check_commands for
> > several years now.
> 
> Marc,
> 
> So do you not get any host status changes when you don't define the
> check_command, or does the host go down when all services on it fail? 

Nagios always assumes the host is up, no matter what.

--
Marc


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