<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> Hi and thank you for your reply. Here are the outputs: [root@localhost ~]# cd /var/nagios/spool/ [root@localhost spool]# ls -l drwxrwxrwx 2 nagios nagios 4096 Jul 1 10:25 checkresults [root@localhost var]# cd /var [root@localhost var]# ls -l drwxrwxrwx 5 nagios nagios 4096 Jul 1 09:16 nagios Please let me know what my mistake is... Thanks, h <DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> > Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 15:40:40 +0100 > From: nagios@flatto.net > To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] heck result path is not a valid directory > > Honia A wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I installed Nagios on a 32-bit system (CentOS 5.3) following the > > directions given here: > > http://docs.cslabs.clarkson.edu/wiki/Install_Nagios_on_CentOS_5 > > > > Everything went well and I ran nagios -v /etc/nagios/nagios.cfg and > > got no errors or warnings. But when I tried to start Nagios, it failed. > > > > Checked the log file and it reads: > > > > [1277993818] Error in configuration file '/etc/nagios/nagios.cfg' - > > Line 466 (Check result path is not a valid directory) > > [1277993818] Nagios 3.2.1 starting... (PID=27996) > > [1277993818] Local time is Thu Jul 01 10:16:58 EDT 2010 > > [1277993818] LOG VERSION: 2.0 > > [1277993818] Bailing out due to one or more errors encountered in the > > configuration files. Run Nagios from the command line with the -v > > option to verify your config before restarting. (PID=27996) > > > > Then I opened nagios.cfg file and found this: > > check_result_path=/var/nagios/spool/checkresults > > > > I am pretty sure it's a permission error, but can't seem to fix it. I > > tried the followings: > > > > chmod 777 /var/nagios/spool/checkresults > > chown -R nagios apache /var/nagios/spool/checkresults > > ./usermod nagios apache > > chown -R apache:nagios checkresults > > > > And some more permission commands, but no luck. I would really > > appreciate it if someone could please help me with this. > Under what user/group is nagios running ? > > what is the current permissions of the /var/nagios/spool/checkresults > directory ? > > have you also checked parent directory permissions ? it is ok that the > target dir has 777 access , but if /var/nagios does not , this is a dead > point . > > -- > Never,Ever Cut A Deal With a Dragon > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint > What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? > Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null <hr />The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. <a href='http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4' target='_new'>Get busy.</a></body> </html>