parent_hosts option for remote hosts is not recognised

[Tom DE BLENDE]

http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/xodtemplate.html#host

parents: 	 This directive is used to define a comma-delimited list of 
short names of the "parent" hosts for this particular host. Parent 
hosts are typically routers, switches, firewalls, etc. that lie 
between the monitoring host and a remote hosts. A router, switch, etc. 
which is closest to the remote host is considered to be that host's 
"parent". Read the "Determining Status and Reachability of Network 
Hosts" document located here for more information. If this host is on 
the same network segment as the host doing the monitoring (without any 
intermediate routers, etc.) the host is considered to be on the local 
network and will not have a parent host. Leave this value blank if the 
host does not have a parent host (i.e. it is on the same segment as 
the Nagios host). The order in which you specify parent hosts has no 
effect on how things are monitored.



Ralf Mellis wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm using nagios 1.0 o a linux host with the nagios 1.3 plugins.
> I have setup several hosts with several services, so far all works fine. 
> Now the problem: If I try to use the option "parent_hosts" in a host 
> definition, the check of the configuration files via "nagios -v 
> nagios.cfg" gives the error message:
> Error: Could not add object property in file '/var/nagios/etc/hosts.cfg' 
> on line 145.
> This line is exactly the line where the "parent_hosts" option lives.
> 
> I have read the doc at all, but I'm not sure whether I have understand 
> the two features explicit "hostdependencies" vs implicit "hostparenting".
> 
> Is the latter no longer supported and do I have to implement the 
> dependencies with definitions of "define hostdependency" statements?
> 
> I have done this now...
> I have exspected that these definitions have effects on the status map,
> but there are no ones. All hosts are further on connected directly to 
> the nagios server, no tree diagramm with dedicated routers and so...
> 
> Bye
> 



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