<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><HTML DIR=ltr><HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"></HEAD><BODY><DIV><FONT face='Arial' color=#000000 size=2>hello all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>thank you for the super fast reply</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>yes i ran the make install-commandmode</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>i have the rw directory and the .cmd file under there</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>now i have the log saying</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>[1154546913] Nagios 2.5 starting... (PID=22549)<BR>[1154546913] LOG VERSION: 2.0<BR>[1154546913] Lockfile '/usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.lock' is held by PID 22291. Bailing out...<BR>[1154546923] SERVICE ALERT: localhost;Total Processes;UNKNOWN;SOFT;3;check_procs: Unknown argument - (null)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>and still its trying to reach the /home/nagios </DIV> <DIV>what do i have to configure to get away from that</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>thanks </DIV> <DIV>ganesh</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>