basic config (client side)

[Winn Johnston]

--- jeff vier <boinger at tradingtechnologies.com> wrote:

> 
> Please always reply to the list so that others may
> benefit from your
> experience.
> 
> On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 09:06 -0700, Winn Johnston
> wrote:
> > impossible, it is in production, and works. I just
> > want to know what is the deal with the etc/
> directory
> > in the /nagios directory?
> 
> Who knows?  A "normal" installation puts it where
> you tell it.
> 
> How did you install it?  What OS?  What version of
> Nagios?  What files
> are in these directories you mentioned?
> 
> You didn't give near enough information for further
> assistance.
> 
> --jeff
> 
> P.S.  Top-posting is poor form.
> 
> > --- jeff vier <boinger at tradingtechnologies.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 08:37 -0700, Winn Johnston
> > > wrote:
> > > > I have noticed we have two nagios config
> > > directories.
> > > > One exists in /usr/local/nagios (which seems
> to
> > > hold
> > > > the config files for the server side) and
> > > /etc/nagios
> > > > (which seems to hold the config files for the
> > > client
> > > > side) now i know installs can differ greatly,
> so
> > > this
> > > > maybe an impossible question for anyone to
> answer,
> > > but
> > > > i figured i would give it a shot. The
> > > > /usr/local/nagios has an etc/ directory in it,
> and
> > > the
> > > > /etc/nagios has no etc/ directory. So am i
> right
> > > in
> > > > assuming that the /usr/local/nagios directory
> is
> > > the
> > > > server side config, to be used on the main
> > > monitoring
> > > > server?
> > > 
> > > If it was me, I would say delete all that junk
> and
> > > install it from
> > > source, then you'll know for sure.
> > > 

Ok some more info.

/etc/nagios # ls
dependencies.cfg    misccommands.cfg  servers
disabled            nagios.cfg        services.cfg
cgi.cfg            escalations.cfg     nrpe.cfg       
  suse-default
checkcommands.cfg  fedora              nrpe.cfg.old   
  timeperiods.cfg
command.cfg        hostgroups.cfg      nsca.cfg
contactgroups.cfg  hosts.cfg           resource.cfg
contacts.cfg       minimal.cfg-sample  send_nsca.cfg

 /usr/local/nagios/
.bash_logout   .emacs  .viminfo  etc      sbin
.bash_profile  .gtkrc  .zshrc    libexec  share
.bash_history  .bashrc  .kde    bin       removed  var

- OS
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (i586)
VERSION = 9
PATCHLEVEL = 3

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