Kind of a bogus error message. In my experience this means there is an error in your config file. run nagios -v -c /path/to/nagios.cfg to see where the errors are. <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td width=40%>"Jeff Saucier" <jeff.saucier@dolanmedia.com> Sent by: nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net 09/11/2003 10:09 AM <td width=59%> <table width=100%> <tr> <td> <div align=right>To</div> <td valign=top>"'Nagios'" <nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net> <tr> <td> <div align=right>cc</div> <td valign=top> <tr> <td> <div align=right>Subject</div> <td valign=top>[Nagios-users] Nagios Newbie: error "no lock file found"</table> <table> <tr valign=top> <td> <td></table> </table> Not sure what I did. No problems initially after installing Nagios. Now, when I start / stop / reload using /usr/local/etc/rc.d/nagios.sh I get message “No lock file found in /var/spool/nagios/nagios.lock”. I stop Nagios using /usr/local/etc/rc.d/nagios/nagios.sh stop and still see Nagios process running: nagios 1674 0.0 0.3 2316 1768 ?? Ss 11:57AM 0:00.03 /usr/local/bin/ I kill nagios’ process. Thinking the lock file needs to exist, I create one: touch /var/spool/nagios/nagios.lock I start Nagios: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/Nagios.sh start and get the following: Starting network monitor: nagios ps: option requires an argument -- p usage: ps [-aChjlmrSTuvwx] [-O|o fmt] [-p pid] [-t tty] [-U user] [-M core] [-N system] ps [-L] I see the Nagios process and can view the web pages fine. I read nagios.lock is the location Nagios stores the process id. Not sure how that impacts Nagios. Any ideas? Thanks. Jeff Saucier Technical Infrastructure Analyst Dolan Media Company 612.317.9428