Hi all , <br><br>I am installed I Nagios in a Suse 10 box And have a question. <br><br>How I can use the "use" statement when I am writing a service definition based in templates . <br><br>first idea - Create all services templates  separated and put all in the service definition that should be monitoring : 
<br><br>the s_default_template.cfg <br><br>define service{<br>        name                            default_service<br>        process_perf_data               1<br>        retain_status_information       1<br>        retain_nonstatus_information    1
<br>        register                        0<br>        is_volatile                     0<br>        max_check_attempts              3<br>        normal_check_interval           45<br>        retry_check_interval            8
<br>        notification_interval           120<br>        notification_period             24x7<br>        notification_options            w,u,c,r<br>        }<br><br>define service{<br>        name                            Service_Defaults_Active
<br>        active_checks_enabled           1<br>        passive_checks_enabled          0<br>        obsess_over_service             1<br>        check_freshness                 0<br>        notifications_enabled           0
<br>        flap_detection_enabled          1<br>        check_period                    24x7<br>        register                        0<br>        }<br><br>define service{<br>        name                            Service_Defaults_Passive
<br>        active_checks_enabled           0<br>        passive_checks_enabled          1<br>        obsess_over_service             0<br>        check_freshness                 1<br>        notifications_enabled           1
<br>        flap_detection_enabled          0<br>        check_period                    none<br>        register                        0<br>        }<br><br>the s_cpu_template.cfg ( part of ) <br><br>define service{<br>

        name                            Service_CPU_Prod_Local<br>        register                        0<br>        max_check_attempts              5<br>        normal_check_interval           5<br>        retry_check_interval            1
<br>        check_command                   $USER6$/rcheck_cpu<br>}<br><br>the service itself <br><br>define service{<br>        host_name                       <a href="http://ztux-appserv.pok.ibm.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
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</a><br>        service_description             CPU_check<br>        use                             Service_Defaults_Passive<br>        use                             Service_CPU_Prod_Local<br>        use                             default_service
<br>        contact_groups                  cyoung<br>       }<br><br>And the second one : Use templates cascaded to final service<br><br>define service{<br>
        name                            default_service<br>
        process_perf_data               1<br>
        retain_status_information       1<br>
        retain_nonstatus_information    1<br>
        register                        0<br>
        is_volatile                     0<br>
        max_check_attempts              3<br>
        normal_check_interval           45<br>
        retry_check_interval            8<br>
        notification_interval           120<br>
        notification_period             24x7<br>
        notification_options            w,u,c,r<br>
        }<br>
<br><br>define service{<br>
        name                            Service_Defaults_Passive<br>
        active_checks_enabled           0<br>
        passive_checks_enabled          1<br>
        obsess_over_service             0<br>
        check_freshness                 1<br>
        notifications_enabled           1<br>
        flap_detection_enabled          0<br>
        check_period                    none<br>
        register                        0<br>
        use                             default_service<br>
        }<br><br>define service{<br>
        name                            Service_CPU_Prod_Local<br>
        register                        0<br>
        max_check_attempts              5<br>
        normal_check_interval           5<br>
        retry_check_interval            1<br>
        check_command                   $USER6$/rcheck_cpu<br>        use           Service_Defaults_Passive<br>
}<br><br>define service{<br>
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        service_description             CPU_check<br>
        use                             Service_CPU_Prod_Local<br>
        contact_groups                  cyoung<br>
       }<br><br><br><br><br>So
that is the simple question . One of this kind of construction works ?
I test with nagios -v  in version 1.2 ( SUSE 9 ) no error , in nagios
1.3 ( Suse 10 ) I had error . Or should I create just one template for
each different kind of check and copy all other information ? <br><br>Best regards, <br><br>Saulo Augusto Silva