yum install nagios

Hugo van der Kooij hvdkooij at vanderkooij.org
Mon Oct 2 17:23:49 CEST 2006


On Mon, 2 Oct 2006, Ugo Bellavance wrote:

> Timothy Lane wrote:
> > When I do the yum install nagios. it seems to download and install for 
> > me, but I can't start the service
> >  
> 
> I went through the same thing.
> 
> I wrote to the packager (dag wieers) and he told me that the defauld is 
> broken in the source.
> 
> run
> 
> nagios -v /etc/nagios/nagios.cfg
> 
> and you'll see what's wrong.
> 
> To all: BTW, is it the case also with the source install?
> 
> 
> If yes, would it be possible to fix it so that one can install, then 
> start the service and have a working config doing only local checks?

There is no such thing as a working config to be defined that way. So I 
would not recommend to ship anything that 'works' out of the box. Because 
it will only encourage people to send similar signs of having failed to 
read the fine manual.

Hugo.

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