Tweaking Socket timeout

[Andre Tann]

Hi Paul,

Paul Dubuc, Mittwoch, 2. Januar 2013: 
> Service and host check plugins are responsible for implementing their
> own timeouts, not Nagios. This socket timeout must be specific to the
> plugin you are using for the service. The timeouts in nagios.cfg are
> backstops that prevent "stuck" plugins from tying up Nagios resources. 
> You should look at the command or service definition in your other
> config files and/or the plugin itself to see where and how this timeout
> is defined.

thanks, this was the clue. I now changed the command definition to a
timeout of 10 secs, and see - the service isn't flapping anymore.

Thanks again!
-- 
Andre Tann


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