nagios error: Could not stat() command file

[Ian Masters]

Rahul Nabar wrote:
> When I try to access many of the sub-menu options under nagios (eg.
> deactivate the service etc.) I get the following error:
> 
> Error: Could not stat() command file '/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd'!
> The external command file may be missing, Nagios may not be running,
> and/or Nagios may not be checking external commands.
> An error occurred while attempting to commit your command for processing.
> 
> I looked in the indicated dir and it seems empty. Should there be
> something in there?

The error is telling you that /usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd is
missing. It should be there.

Have you Googled and checked the list archives? I answered this same
question earlier this month.

Ian


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