error message

[dhottinger at harrisonburg.k12.va.us]

Quoting Steven Haigh <steven_haigh at pacific.net.au>:

>> From nagios2.conf:
>
> # EXTERNAL COMMAND OPTION
> # This option allows you to specify whether or not Nagios should check
> # for external commands (in the command file defined below).  By default
> # Nagios will *not* check for external commands, just to be on the
> # cautious side.  If you want to be able to use the CGI command
> interface
> # you will have to enable this.  Setting this value to 0 disables
> command
> # checking (the default), other values enable it.
> check_external_commands=0
>
>
> Change this to 1.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of
> dhottinger at harrisonburg.k12.va.us
> Sent: Wednesday, 16 May 2007 10:41 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] error message
>
> I just finished installing and configuring nagios on fedora core 6.  I
> installed packages using yum.  Everything seems to work great.
> However, I have two questions.  1. Whenever I try to do something from
> the web interface I recieve the following error message:Sorry, but
> Nagios is currently not checking for external commands, so your command
> will not be committed!  I do I enable external commands.  2.
> If I cant enable external commands, How do I acknowledge when there is a
> problem so Nagios doesnt keep sending me emails every hour or so?
>

Thanks Steve.  I just found that.  Is there an easier interface to add  
hosts?  I spent the last 2 days typing in hosts in hosts.cfg,  
hostgroups.cfg, services.cfg, and contacts in the contacts etc.  I  
have quite a bit more to add, and was hoping for some kind of good  
tool to add them.

ddh

-- 
Dwayne Hottinger
Network Administrator
Harrisonburg City Public Schools


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