Excluding host in hostgroups.cfg

[D.J. Bolderman]

On 8/25/06, Derek Olsen <derek.olsen at qsent.com> wrote:

>   I dont know the underlying details but if you change
>
> use_true_regexp_matching=1
>  to
> use_true_regexp_matching=0
>
>   And try it again you'll find it works.    To use the wildcard notation
> you show in your examples
>
> members         s_sv.*,s_ups.*,s_fw.*,s_rt.*
>
>  you dont need to have use_true_regexp_matching enabled.    Anyhoo hope
> this helps out.

Hi Derek,

I made the change you suggested, but the problem persists.

Thanks,
Dick

> D.J. Bolderman wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I cannot exclude certain hosts from my hostgroups.cfg. My nagios.cfg shows:
> >
> >use_regexp_matching=1
> >use_true_regexp_matching=1
> >
> >define hostgroup {
> >        hostgroup_name  ping-servers
> >        alias           Pingable servers
> >        members         s_sv.*,s_ups.*,s_fw.*,s_rt.*
> >        }
> >
> >The hostgroup above works, however when I change it into this:
> >
> >define hostgroup {
> >        hostgroup_name  ping-servers
> >        alias           Pingable servers
> >        members         s_sv.*,s_ups.*,s_fw.*,s_rt.*,!s_sv_mail
> >        }
> >
> >It shows : Error: Could not find any host matching '!s_sv_mail'
> >
> >Host s_sv_mail exists, so it has something to do with the exclamation mark ?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Dick

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