<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> I'm still getting an error, even though i have the permissions: drwxrwxrwx 4 nagios nagios 4096 2007-06-13 16:17 . drwxr-xr-x 11 nagios nagios 4096 2007-05-10 11:26 .. drwxrwxr-x 2 nagios nagios 4096 2007-05-10 11:24 archives -rw-rw-r-- 1 nagios nagios 238 2007-06-12 17:40 comments.dat -rw-rw-r-- 1 nagios nagios 239 2007-06-12 17:40 downtime.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios 0 2007-06-13 16:17 nagios.lock -rwxrwxrwx 1 nagios nagios 14268 2007-06-13 16:56 nagios.log -rwxrwxrwx 1 nagios nagios 118664 2007-06-13 16:56 objects.cache -rw------- 1 nagios nagios 162982 2007-06-13 16:17 retention.dat drwxrwsr-x 2 nagios nagios 4096 2007-06-13 12:08 rw root@server:/var/log# /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg Nagios 2.7 Copyright (c) 1999-2007 Ethan Galstad (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nagios.org">http://www.nagios.org</a>) Last Modified: 01-19-2007 License: GPL Warning: Could not get passwd entry for 'nagiosadmin' Nagios 2.7 starting... (PID=13453) Error: Could not create external command file '/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd' as named pipe: (13) -> Permission denied. If this file already exists and you are sure that another copy of Nagios is not running, you should delete this file. Bailing out due to errors encountered while trying to initialize the external command file... (PID=13453) Marc Powell escribió: <blockquote cite="midA7B0A9F02975A74A845FE85D0B95B8FA07C01610@misex01.ena.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">-----Original Message----- From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net">nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net</a> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:nagios-users">mailto:nagios-users</a>- <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bounces@lists.sourceforge.net">bounces@lists.sourceforge.net</a>] On Behalf Of Danilo Perdomo Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 1:58 PM To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> Subject: [Nagios-users] Problems Starting Nagios Hi All!. Im having problems configuring Nagios 2.7, i have all the .cfg files ready to get started but when i try to initialize the nagios process i get this error message: "Error: Could not create external command file '/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd'. as named pipe: (13) -> Permission denied. If this file already exists and you are sure that another copy of Nagios is not running, you should delete this file." Any ideas? the nagios.cmd is supposed to be created automatically but that isn´t happening. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> The error indicates that the user you've configured nagios to run as, usually nagios, does not have permission to write to the directory you've configured to hold the external command file (/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/). You'll need to -- - verify the directory you've specified exists and is owned by the nagios user - the nagios user can create files within that directory - if the file exists and isn't owned by the nagios user, stop nagios, remove it, restart nagios. - if the file exists and nagios isn't running, remove it then restart nagios -- Marc ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/">http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/</a> _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</a> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>