Nagios Newbie: error "no lock file found"

[Steve OBrien]

Kind of a bogus error message.  In my experience this means there is an 
error in your config file.  run nagios -v -c /path/to/nagios.cfg to see 
where the errors are.





"Jeff Saucier" <jeff.saucier at dolanmedia.com> 
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[Nagios-users] Nagios Newbie: error "no lock file found"






Not sure what I did.  No problems initially after installing Nagios.  Now, 
when I start / stop / reload using /usr/local/etc/rc.d/nagios.sh  I get 
message ?No lock file found in /var/spool/nagios/nagios.lock?.  I stop 
Nagios using /usr/local/etc/rc.d/nagios/nagios.sh stop and still see 
Nagios process running:
nagios    1674  0.0  0.3  2316 1768  ??  Ss   11:57AM   0:00.03 
/usr/local/bin/
I kill nagios? process.  Thinking the lock file needs to exist, I create 
one:  touch /var/spool/nagios/nagios.lock
I start Nagios: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/Nagios.sh start and get the following:
Starting network monitor: nagios
ps: option requires an argument -- p
usage: ps [-aChjlmrSTuvwx] [-O|o fmt] [-p pid] [-t tty] [-U user]
          [-M core] [-N system]
       ps [-L]
I see the Nagios process and can view the web pages fine.
I read nagios.lock is the location Nagios stores the process id.  Not sure 
how that impacts Nagios.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
Jeff Saucier
Technical Infrastructure Analyst
Dolan Media Company
612.317.9428
 
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