can not read localhost.cfg file that is cratedwebgui

[Andreas Ericsson]

Nedim Bicic wrote:
> Here is what i have in the commands.cfg file
> 
> *# 'check_ping' command definition
> define command{
>         command_name    check_ping
>         command_line    $USER1$/check_ping -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w $ARG1$ -c
> $ARG2$ -p 5
>         }*
> 
> this should be workign regardless i mean i dont need a plugin this is a
> standard check that came with the distribution package  why do i need to
> install a plugin i dont understand when i dont need to be running fancy
> commnads.
> 

You need to install the check_ping program. Nagios has *no* builtin checks
(although if it ever got any, that would probably be the very first one to
become one).

> also some one mentioned the resource.cfg file its pointing to the follwing :
> 
> *# Sets $USER1$ to be the path to the plugins
> $USER1$=/usr/local/nagios/libexec*
> **
> *should this last line be tweaked to be like this:*
> *$USER1$=/usr/local/nagios/commands.cfg ---> since the commads are defined
> here how to do the checks??*


No. USER1 should point to wherever you installed your plugins. Think of it as
a variable that makes you save a lot of headache in case you should want to
move your plugins somewhere else than where you originally installed them.

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