Problem with nagios.cfg and perl variable

[Stephan Janosch]

ian at kingcon.com wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I just started with nagios, and linux for that matter, and am in the process of setting it up.  When I run the nagios -v command I get the following error:
> 
> Error in configuration file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg' - Line 868 (UNKNOWN VARIABLE)
> 
> That variable is in the section entitled:
> 
> # MAXIMUM EMBEDDED PERL INTERPRETER CALLS
> # This value determines how often (if at all) the embedded Perl
> # interpreter is reinitialized during runtime.  This is useful
> # if you notice that the Perl interpreter is causing slow
> # memory leaks over time.  Setting this value to 0 means the
> # embedded Perl interpreter will never be reinitialized.  Any
> # value > 0 is the number of times the embedded Perl interpreter
> # is used (i.e. a Perl plugin is executed) before it is
> # reinitialized during runtime.  If you didn't compile Nagios with
> # embedded Perl support, this option has no effect.
>                                                                                 
> max_embedded_perl_calls=0
> 
> What is this refering too?  I checked my version of perl, and mod_perl and they are up to date?
> 
> Where should I go to begin diagnosing this.

You can try to hash that variable out. I think, your config is not 
error-free.

Stephan



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