Error: Could not read object configuration data! -

[Mister IT Guru]

On 31/12/2010 13:51, Jim Avery wrote:
> On 31 December 2010 13:37, Mister IT Guru<misteritguru at gmx.com>  wrote:
>> Whoops!
>>
>> Error: Could not read object configuration data!
>>
>> Here are some things you should check in order to resolve this error:
>>
>> Verify configuration options using the -v command-line option to check for
>> errors.
>> Check the Nagios log file for messages relating to startup or status data
>> errors.
>>
>> I have run the following command
>>
>> ]# /usr/bin/nagios -v /etc/nagios/nagios.cfg
>> ..
>> ..
>> Total Warnings: 0
>> Total Errors:   0
>>
>> Things look okay - No serious problems were detected during the pre-flight
>> check
>>
>> The nagios interface 'works' but I have the above error. I have noticed that
>> the log file does not update /var/log/nagios/nagios.log, which makes me
>> think that something is not 100% correct.
>>
>> I'm running Centos 5.5, and I installed the version of nagios available in
>> the repo, then realised that it was an old, and installed RPMForge.
>>
>> I'm stumped as to what can be causing this error, any tips?
> I'm not sure what you mean by "... and installed RPMForge".
>
> If you installed Nagios from the source tarball using the quickstart
> instructions at
> http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/quickstart-fedora.html , then
> the nagios config file nagios.cfg would be under
> /usr/local/nagios/etc/ and the command to verify the config should
> then be ..
>
>    /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
>
> I would stop the Nagios daemon, check the start script under
> /etc/init.d to make sure you know how it is starting, check where it
> is looking for the config and run the verify command again making sure
> you are using the right config location.
>
> hth,
>
> Jim
RPMForge is a repository it has the latest nagios rpms. The path I gave 
is the correct path for the config, and the binaries.
The file /etc/init.d/nagios has the entry config="/etc/nagios/nagios.cfg"

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