could not find status log: /var/log/nagios/status.log

[Ranga Nathan]

Now and then Nagios had problem coming up. The message I get is "could not 
find status log: /var/log/nagios/status.log", which is misleading. Nagios 
wants to back up the status.log by renaming it to status.sav and moving it 
to /var/tmp/nagios.

For some mysterious reasons /var/tmp/nagios directory disappears and so he 
can not backup status.sav. But the message we get is something else.

Q1) Why does the /var/tmp/nagios directory (tmpfile setting in nagios.cfg) 
disappears?

Q2) The message is misleading. Perhaps we should change it.

Q3) In the nagios start-up script, there is a variable 
NagiosTmp=/var/log/nagios/nagios.tmp. Is this related to tmpfile setting 
in nagios.cfg? Perhaps this was the problem?
__________________________________________
Ranga Nathan / CSG
Systems Programmer - Specialist; Technical Services; 
BAX Global Inc. Irvine-California
Tel: 714-442-7591   Fax: 714-442-2840



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