try grep -ir check_dns /etc/nagios3/* it will show all occurences of check_dns <div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/22 Mat W <<a href="mailto:lmw94002@hotmail.com">lmw94002@hotmail.com</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> Perhaps you added another "config" file that has a check_dns command? I've seen installations where people like to break out the larger config files into a directory with smaller configs. you could do something like... find /usr/local/nagios/etc |xargs grep -c check_dns which will find all the files with "check_dns" in it (assuming I got the command syntax right).<div class="im"> -- Mat W. - <a href="http://www.techadre.com/" target="_blank">http://www.techadre.com</a> </div>> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:55:58 -0400 > From: <a href="mailto:AHKAPLAN@PARTNERS.ORG" target="_blank">AHKAPLAN@PARTNERS.ORG</a><div class="im"> > To: <a href="mailto:nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net" target="_blank">nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> </div>> Subject: [Nagios-users] REPOST: Problem in Preflight Check with commands.cfg<div><div></div><div class="h5"> > > Hi there-- > > I am reposting this question due to a lack of response. I really am in need of > help here, and any would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. > > I have completed the installation of Nagios 3.0.6 onto an Ubuntu 9.04 server > using the apt-get utility. We currently have a Nagios 2.6 server running, and > I wanted to import the configuration files into the newer server. To that end, > I have placed the appropriate configuration files in the /etc/nagios3/conf.d > directory, and modified the nagios.cfg file to reflect the location of the > configuration files. > > I ran the preflight check and the following error message appeared on-screen: > > /usr/sbin/nagios3 -v /etc/nagios3/nagios.cfg > Nagios 3.0.6 > Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Ethan Galstad (<a href="http://www.nagios.org" target="_blank">http://www.nagios.org</a>) > Last Modified: 12-01-2008 > License: GPL > Reading configuration data... > Warning: Duplicate definition found for command 'check_dns' (config file > '/etc/nagios3/conf.d/commands.cfg', starting on line 90) > Error: Could not add object property in file '/etc/nagios3/conf.d/commands.cfg' > on line 91. > ***> One or more problems was encountered while processing the config files... > Check your configuration file(s) to ensure that they contain valid > directives and data defintions. If you are upgrading from a previous > version of Nagios, you should be aware that some variables/definitions > may have been removed or modified in this version. Make sure to read > the HTML documentation regarding the config files, as well as the > 'Whats New' section to find out what has changed. > > I checked the commands.cfg, and several other files, and I do not see where the > duplicate definition is occurring. > Can someone lend a hand on this? Thanks. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kaplan, Andrew H. > Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 4:52 PM > To: <a href="mailto:nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net" target="_blank">nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> > Subject: [Nagios-users] Problem in Preflight Check with commands.cfg > > Hi there -- > > I have completed the installation of Nagios 3.0.6 onto an Ubuntu 9.04 server > using the apt-get utility. > We currently have a Nagios 2.6 server running, and I wanted to import the > configuration files into the > newer server. To that end, I have placed the appropriate configuration files in > the /etc/nagios3/conf.d > directory, and modified the nagios.cfg file to reflect the location of the > configuration files. > > I ran the preflight check and the following error message appeared on-screen: > > /usr/sbin/nagios3 -v /etc/nagios3/nagios.cfg > Nagios 3.0.6 > Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Ethan Galstad (<a href="http://www.nagios.org" target="_blank">http://www.nagios.org</a>) > Last Modified: 12-01-2008 > License: GPL > Reading configuration data... > Warning: Duplicate definition found for command 'check_dns' (config file > '/etc/nagios3/conf.d/commands.cfg', starting on line 90) > Error: Could not add object property in file '/etc/nagios3/conf.d/commands.cfg' > on line 91. > ***> One or more problems was encountered while processing the config files... > Check your configuration file(s) to ensure that they contain valid > directives and data defintions. 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