Hello,
I’ve installed Nagios version 3.0.3 on a Debian machine.
When I click on Process Info -> Restart the Nagios process (under Process Commands) -> Commit (under Command Options) -> an error message appear:
Error: Could not stat() command file ‘/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd’!
The external command file may be missing, Nagios may not be running, and/or Nagios may not be checking external commands.
An error occurred while attempting to commit your command for processing.
addition:
nagios.cmd is a named-pipe created by nagios at runtime. Make sure permissions on the directory specified in nagios.cfg’s command_file= are set to allow read/write for the user running nagios. The file should only exist while nagios is running (ps ax | grep nagios).
well, firstly, verify that the option “check_external_commands” is set to 1 in your nagios.cfg
then restart manually the nagios server; it should (re)-create the file, and everything should be fine (check the permissions on the file, if necessary).
appart from that, i don’t think there is much more to say
