disabled ping and check_smtp: nagios won't not ping

[Chris Paul]

On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 23:41:09 -0400
"Morris, Patrick" <patrick.morris at hp.com> wrote:

> > On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 22:40:56 -0400
> > "Morris, Patrick" <patrick.morris at hp.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Then you have a ping check defined somewhere, or you need to 
> > > reload/restart Nagios.
> > > 
> > > If restarting Nagios doesn't solve it (stop it first, and make sure 
> > > it's really stopped by checking a process list before restarting), 
> > > then examine your configs more closely to see what has a ping check 
> > > attached to it.
> > 
> > That FreeBSD /usr/local/etc/rc.d/nagios restart makes sure it 
> > shuts down, but I did a "stop" and "ps" to make sure it was 
> > stopped and then a "start" just to make sure.
> > 
> > From the logs, what I see is this:
> > 
> > [1154570103] SERVICE ALERT: 
> > relay1;PING;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;CRITICAL - Plugin timed out after 
> > 10 seconds   
> > 
> > This service is NOT configured to have a ping check, and this 
> > is the problem.
> > 
> > I did see some post somewhere else where someone had the same 
> > problem, but I can't find that now. I think this may be a bug 
> > in Nagios.
> 
> It's most definitely not a Nagios bug - Nagios will never just make up
> services that aren't defined in your configs.  It can't.
> 
> Would it be possible to show any parts of your config with the word
> "PING" in them? I guarantee you one of them is either directly or
> indirectly assigned to your relay1 host.

You are right and apologies to all Nagios developers!

Actually to protect customers' privacy, I have to obfuscate what I sent before (changing relay.customer.com to "relay" in my excerpts I sent) and I can't send each part that shows ping, but your clue helped me find the section that is causing my problem:

# all hosts ping   
define service{    
        use                             generic-service         ; Name of service template to use
        host_name                       *
        service_description             PING
        is_volatile                     0   
        check_period                    24x7
        max_check_attempts              3
        normal_check_interval           3
        retry_check_interval            1
        contact_groups                  admins
        notification_interval           30
        notification_period             24x7
        notification_options            w,u,c,r
        check_command                   check_ping!150.0,20%!500.0,60%
        }

Many thanks!

CP

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