FW: I can't get my event handler to fire!

[Dale Chatham]

Look through error logs.

If your handler is a script, have it write a file in /tmp when it starts.

D'Ausilio, John wrote:
> Searching the archives I found where to look in debug .. it appears that
> Nagios thinks it's running my event handler. Macro expansion looks fine.
> Problem is .. it's not actually running it! Still lost ...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: D'Ausilio, John 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:45 AM
> To: 'Marc Powell'; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] I can't get my event handler to fire!
>
> Well, I added event_handler_enabled configuration and still I'm not
> getting my event handler fired. I've tried both for the service (PING)
> and for the host, individually and in combination. I don't see anything
> in the debug logs that would indicate that an event handler should have
> fired (even with the filter set to -1). The script is executable by the
> nagios user (logged in as that user, execute same commandline as in
> command def, no problem).
>
> 1. What/where should I be able to see in terms of event handlers firing
> in the logs?
>
> 2. Are event handlers affected by notification settings (I'm assuming
> not)?
>
> 3. What the heck am I doing wrong? This looks like it should be
> straightforward!
>
> john d
>
>
>   
>> But not in the service{} definition unless it's referenced in the
>> template. In addition to the program-wide setting, it must also be
>> specifically enabled on a per-service basis.
>>     
>
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