If you are checking for http to be running, then I would have thought that the check_command would be something like check_http, assuming you have it defined in your object configuration file. What you have currently is checking for NTP and is therefore giving you an alert even though, as you say, http did not go down. Rob <div>On 1/17/07, Formoso, Travis <<a href="mailto:Travis.Formoso@blueslate.net">Travis.Formoso@blueslate.net</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> > OK I tried to set up my first one today - testing the local host http from > the sample provided on the page. Here is what I did. >check_command check_ntp } Well here is my error - however what would be the check_command for this event_handler? This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are for the sole use of Blue Slate Solutions and the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email or any action taken in reliance on this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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>