Orphan hosts in hostgroup list

[Arno Lehmann]

Hello,

30.07.2008 20:00, Bernd Arnold wrote:
> Thanks for your comment, Arno.

You're very welcome...
> The attached patch creates an orphan hostgroup *and* servicegroup - similar to the other patch. This means, the same things apply to this patch (no extinfo, ...).

... and I didn't really expect *that* result of my mail (also 
considering your later mail)!

Thanks - I'll add those the next time I compile!

Arno

> 
> I'll try to improve this...
> 
> Regards
> Bernd
> 
> 
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> Datum: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:22:10 +0200
>> Von: Arno Lehmann <al at its-lehmann.de>
>> An: Nagios Developers List <nagios-devel at lists.sourceforge.net>
>> Betreff: Re: [Nagios-devel] Orphan hosts in hostgroup list
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> 29.07.2008 21:47, Bernd Arnold wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> as the number of hosts grow, I sometimes would like to see which hosts
>> are not added to any hostgroup.
>>
>> Good idea.
>>
>>> I've written a patch for status.c where an additional hostgroup called
>> "Orphan Hosts" is created and filled automatically. The configuration files
>> remain untouched.
>>> I kept things very simple, so this is what doesn't work:
>>> - link to extinfo.cgi 
>> That's a disadvantage, though not critical IMO.
>>
>>>   (permission warning, since the hostgroup is only added in status.c)
>>> - a check if there is already a hostgroup named "orphans"
>> Minor problem, too.
>>
>>> - show the additional hostgroup only when I need it (the hostgroup is
>> always displayed)
>>
>> Do you intend to improve this?
>>
>>> The patch was created with "diff -U 3 cgi/status.c.orig cgi/status.c".
>> The function create_orphan_hosts_hostgroup() is called where I thought it is
>> best to be called (after fetching the authentication information).
>>> Maybe someone likes this feature... Comments are welcome.
>> Sure... please do something similar for the service groups ;-)
>>
>> Arno
>>
>>> Regards
>>> Bernd 
>>>
>>>
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>> Arno Lehmann
>> IT-Service Lehmann
>> Sandstr. 6, 49080 Osnabrück
>> www.its-lehmann.de
>>
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