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This is the problem I am having: As long as I add the new device in this case a switch inside the default switch.cfg file and restart nagios it is fine.
However if I try to change the location of the configuration say I create a new file within the same objects folder
cfg_file=/user/local/nagios/etc/objects/coreswitch.cfg
I get an error message when i restart nagios.
“config error! start aborted. check your nagios configuration”
I know there is no syntax error because it work inside the default switch.cfg file. I wanted to figure out a way to organize everything before I added more device. I don’t see myself adding all the switches inside the default switch.cfg file.
I encountered the same problem if I try to organized it into folders.
cfg_dir=/user/local/nagios/etc/mysite/coreswitch
I know its something minor I am performing incorrectly… Just not sure what it is…
try running /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/nagios.cfg that should give you some more info about what’s wrong (change your paths accordingly if needed)
[quote=“aceofwhitestar1”][root@localhost ~]# /usr local/nagios/bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/nagios.cfg
bash: /usr: is a directory
[root@localhost ~]#
[root@localhost ~]# /usr local/nagios/bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
bash: /usr: is a directory
[root@localhost ~]#
Sounds like this is the output I got… no clue what it means or if it processed the command properly.[/quote]
First off, (If you didn’t just make a typo in your post). →
Look at the directory structure you typed: /user/local/nagios/etc/mysite/coreswitch:
The correct path would be: /usr/local/nagios/etc/mysite/coreswitch
If that was just a typo in your post then:
It sounds like you are having permissions problems.
Verify that the “nagios” user is the owner of the directories/files you are creating (chown nagios:nagios [path to dir/file]).
Verify that the nagios user has write access to the directories/files. (for Dir: chmod -R 660 [Path to Folder] , for files: chmod 660 [Path to File])
As for the Config verification problem -
Try the following:
**cd /usr/local/nagios/bin **
then ./nagios -v …/etc/nagios.cfg
Also, make sure you are running the command as the nagios user, depending on your permissions - the nagios user might be the only one allowed to execute the nagios binary.
[quote=“aceofwhitestar1”]Once the Permission was changed to run under the nagios users it worked fine.
Thank you for the guidance…
The other folders I created were not owned by the nagios ID.
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It’s my pleasure, I know how frustrating Nagios can be when you’re setting it up for the first time - especially when you’re new to linux. I went through the same sorta quirks.
