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color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>C<SPAN class=284391119-03022006>an a hostgroup_name 
be used in the hostextinfo.cfg file instead of 
host_name?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN 
class=284391119-03022006>I have my host broken down by OS and am using the 
cfg_dir to OS specific configuration 
directories.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=284391119-03022006>I know that this 
works:</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN 
class=284391119-03022006>define 
hostextinfo{<BR>        
host_name      somehost1,somehost2,somehost3,etc......</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN 
class=284391119-03022006>        
notes_url       
/nagios/man/host_notes/linux/$HOSTNAME$.html<BR>        
icon_image      
/base/redhat.gif<BR>        
icon_image_alt  RedHat Advanced 
Server<BR>        
}<BR> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR><SPAN class=284391119-03022006><FONT 
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> What I would like to be able to do is 
something like this:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN 
class=284391119-03022006>define 
hostextinfo{<BR>        
hostgroup_name      linux-production,linux-test,linux-infrastructure,linux-development</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=284391119-03022006></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT 
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN 
class=284391119-03022006>        
notes_url       
/nagios/man/host_notes/linux/$HOSTNAME$.html<BR>        
icon_image      
/base/redhat.gif<BR>        
icon_image_alt  RedHat Advanced 
Server<BR>        
}<BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=284391119-03022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I've 
tested it and have been unsuccessful.  Any pointers on this, or is it just 
not something that is possible at this time with 1.2?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=284391119-03022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=2>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=284391119-03022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=2>Brian</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>