hello, i am receiving this error . <DIV class=errorMessage>Error: Could not open command file '/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd' for update!</DIV> i followed the permissions written in the document but it still gives me the same error message whenever i do scheduled immediate check command. pls. see my config below. drwxrwxr-x 4 nagios nagios 4096 Nov 26 03:44 . drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Nov 22 06:10 .. --------------> i believed this is my error. it should be nagios instead of root drwxrwxr-x 2 nagios nagios 4096 Nov 21 06:01 archives -rw-rw-r-- 1 nagios nagios 0 Nov 26 03:36 comment.log -rw-rw-r-- 1 nagios nagios 0 Nov 26 03:36 downtime.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Nov 26 03:36 nagios.l ock -rw-rw-r-- 1 nagios nagios 724896 Nov 26 03:36 nagios.log drwxrwsr-x 2 nagios nagiocmd 4096 Nov 26 03:36 rw -rw-rw-r-- 1 nagios nagios 28582 Nov 26 03:44 status.log -rw-rw-r-- 1 nagios nagios 21283 Nov 26 03:36 status.sav anybody here experienced the same error and was able to isolate it? thanks for the help. bianx <hr size=1><a href="http://uk.yahoo.com/mail/tagline_xtra/?http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail_storage.html">With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs</a>