Umm.... 1299 # 2048 = Macros Right now you've set 1301 debug_level=256 this is to mainly debug the commands. For real debugging of the whole chain you can use the value -1 (for everything). Gives you a whole lot of log but that's always good for debugging. <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 7:03 AM, Samuel Kidman <<a href="mailto:Samuel.Kidman@panres.com">Samuel.Kidman@panres.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-AU"><div>Hello [1333083426.020333] [2320.2] [pid=19230] Raw Command Input: $USER1$/check_ping -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -4 -w 1000,33% -c 1000,100% -p 3 -t 1000[1333083426.020347] [2320.2] [pid=19230] Expanded Command Output: $USER1$/check_ping -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -4 -w 1000,33% -c 1000,100% -p 3 -t 1000 I have enabled debugging in my nagios.cfg file: 1281 # DEBUG LEVEL 1282 # This option determines how much (if any) debugging information will1283 # be written to the debug file. OR values together to log multiple 1284 # types of information.1285 # Values:1286 # -1 = Everything1287 # 0 = Nothing 1288 # 1 = Functions1289 # 2 = Configuration1290 # 4 = Process information 1291 # 8 = Scheduled events1292 # 16 = Host/service checks1293 # 32 = Notifications 1294 # 64 = Event broker1295 # 128 = External commands1296 # 256 = Commands1297 # 512 = Scheduled downtime 1298 # 1024 = Comments1299 # 2048 = Macros13001301 debug_level=256 1302130313041305 # DEBUG VERBOSITY1306 # This option determines how verbose the debug log out will be. 1307 # Values: 0 = Brief output1308 # 1 = More detailed1309 # 2 = Very detailed 13101311 debug_verbosity=2131213131314 1315 # DEBUG FILE1316 # This option determines where Nagios should write debugging information.13171318 debug_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.debug 13191320 However when the commands are output into the debug file, the macros don’t expand. This make debugging difficult. Anyone know what is going on? Sam KidmanIT System Administrator --------------------------T: 08 9225 0944 M: 0466137318 <img src="" alt="Description: panres" width="570" height="142"> </div></div> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here <a href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure" target="_blank">http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure</a> _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list <a href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users" target="_blank">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 </blockquote></div>