Okay so I'm obviously missing the boat here: Looking in my nagios.cfg file, external command file is command_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd <div>On 7/31/06, Patrick Morris <<a href="mailto:patrick.morris@hp.com">patrick.morris@hp.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Hugo van der Kooij wrote: > On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Patrick Morris wrote: > > > Without a slash at the beginning, it's a relative path. It's only going > > to be right if you're in the home directory. > > I assume you mean root directory here. Ayup. Sometimes the five remaining brain cells get ahead of the three good typing fingers. A few more years of typing practice and I should be in good shape. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash <a href="http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV"> http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV</a> _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list <a href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net"> Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</a> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null </blockquote></div> -- - Justin