Nagios fails pre-launch verification step; "Unexpected token or statement" in command.cfg

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Robert Dodier
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 1:26 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Nagios fails pre-launch verification
step;"Unexpected
> token or statement" in command.cfg
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have installed Nagios 3.0 by building RPM's from the source code
tarballs.
> The host system is CentOS 4.
> 


> command[notify-by-email]=/bin/printf "$OUTPUT$" | /bin/mail -s
> '$SERVICESTATE$ alert for $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$' $CONTACTEMAIL$
> 
> What's wrong with this? What can I do at this point to make Nagios
happy?

This is either old Netsaint command syntax or NRPE syntax but definitely
not Nagios syntax. Nagios doesn't understand this. See
http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objectdefinitions.html#command or
the sample config files distributed with nagios. Also note that the
$OUTPUT$ macro is not valid either. You're probably looking for
$HOSTOUTPUT$ or $SERVICEOUTPUT$
(http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/macros.html).

--
Marc

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