How to disable check-host-alive

[Marc Powell]

On Dec 1, 2007, at 3:21 PM, Daniel Bareiro wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> I read the following from the Nagios manual:
>
> check_command: [...] If you leave this argument blank, the host will
> not be checked - Nagios will always assume the host is up. This is
> useful if you are monitoring printers or other devices that are
> frequently turned off.
>

> Error: Host check command '(null)' specified for host 'sparky' is not
> defined anywhere!
>
> I'm missing something from the documentation?

No, it's just awkward wording. You need to leave the line out  
entirely; don't even specify the keyword 'check_command' within the  
host definition.

--
Marc

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