> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 11:43 AM > To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Nagios-users] (no subject) > > I've just installed nagios for the first time. > I have a problem with localhost. It says that localhost is down. > > In error log i have something like that. > [1158925659] HOST ALERT: localhost;DOWN;SOFT;1;/bin/ping -n -U -w 10 -c 1 > 127.0.0.1 > > I've checked with check_ping from libexec to see if it's ok and it works. > What could be the problem?
As a guess I would say that /bin/ping is not executable as the nagios user. Try it as you see it above. If you can't run it, 'chmod u+s /bin/ping' -- Marc ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ 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