<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I have a question for anyone that can answer this for me.  From the documentation, in configuring a host, this is the example given:<div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; "><pre>define host{
        host_name                       bogus-router
        alias                           Bogus Router #1
        address                         192.168.1.254
        parents                         server-backbone
        check_command                   check-host-alive
        max_check_attempts              5
        check_period                    24x7
        process_perf_data               0
        retain_nonstatus_information    0
        contact_groups                  router-admins
        notification_interval           30
        notification_period             24x7
        notification_options            d,u,r
        }</pre><pre><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; white-space: normal;">In place of the contact_groups as being defined as router-admins, can you put the name of an actual person there (from the contacts.cfg) ie;</span></font></pre><pre><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; "><pre>define host{
        host_name                       bogus-router
        alias                           Bogus Router #1
        address                         192.168.1.254
        parents                         server-backbone
        check_command                   check-host-alive
        max_check_attempts              5
        check_period                    24x7
        process_perf_data               0
        retain_nonstatus_information    0
        contact_groups                  lmeier
        notification_interval           30
        notification_period             24x7
        notification_options            d,u,r
        }</pre></span></span></font></pre><pre><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; white-space: normal;">Or is there a different command that needs to go there:</span></font></pre><pre><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; "><pre>define host{
        host_name                       bogus-router
        alias                           Bogus Router #1
        address                         192.168.1.254
        parents                         server-backbone
        check_command                   check-host-alive
        max_check_attempts              5
        check_period                    24x7
        process_perf_data               0
        retain_nonstatus_information    0
        contact<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span>                   lmeier
        notification_interval           30
        notification_period             24x7
        notification_options            d,u,r
        }</pre></span></span></font></pre><pre><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; white-space: normal;"><br></span></font></pre><pre><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; white-space: normal;"><br></span></font></pre><pre><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; white-space: normal;">Thank you,</span></font></pre><pre><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; white-space: normal;">Layne Meier</span></font></pre><pre><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="
 font-size: 12px; white-space: normal;">Atlanta Journal-Constitution</span></font></pre><pre><br></pre></span></div></body></html>