Unable to define empty check_command

Dmitry Sivachenko mitya at cavia.pp.ru
Sun Jan 8 09:24:10 CET 2006


On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 03:22:41PM -0600, Marc Powell wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nagios-devel-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-devel-
> > admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Dmitry Sivachenko
> > Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 9:25 AM
> > To: nagios-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: [Nagios-devel] Unable to define empty check_command
> > 
> > Hello!
> > 
> > We are using nagios 2.0b6.
> 
> [chop]
> 
> > 
> > define host {
> > name h2
> > check_command
> > <...>
> > register 0
> > }
> > 
> > And nagios reports:
> > 
> > # nagios -v nagios.cfg
> > 
> > Nagios 2.0b6
> > Copyright (c) 1999-2005 Ethan Galstad (http://www.nagios.org)
> > Last Modified: 11-14-2005
> > License: GPL
> > 
> > Reading configuration data...
> > 
> > Error: Could not add object property in file
> > '/usr/local/etc/nagios/templates.cfg' on line 21.
> > 
> > .....
> > 
> > 
> > Is it possible to allow one to define empty check_command to disable
> check
> > for host health as described in the manual?
> 
> Leave out the check_command entirely --
> 
> define host {
> name h2
> <...>
> register 0
> }
> 
> Note that by specifying 'register 0' you are telling Nagios that this is
> a template to be applied against a real host definition and not an
> actual host definition itself. That really doesn't make much sense when
> you specify a 'name' parameter.
> 


I am unable to entirely leave check_command parameter in the case when
I derive this host definition from another which did use check_command.

I want to be able to redefine check_command to empty value.


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