No, you have defined a _contact_. One part of the contact definition is a pointer to the notify-by-email command which is not defined.
Here is a sample. It came from the misccommands.cfg file that was part of the RPM I installed from fedora. # 'notify-by-email' command definition define command{ command_name notify-by-email command_line /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: $SERVICEDESC$\nHost: $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n\nAdditional Info:\n\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$" | /bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ alert - $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$ } -f On Wed, 15 Oct 2008, jeremiah wrote: > Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:43:24 -0700 > From: jeremiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Nagios Users Mailinglist <nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] contacts.cfg error. > > It appears to be defined to me. Is this not correct? > > define contact{ > contact_name root > alias Jeremiah > service_notification_period 24x7 > host_notification_period 24x7 > service_notification_options w,u,c,r > host_notification_options d,r > service_notification_commands notify-by-email > host_notification_commands host-notify-by-email > email <email> > } > > > On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 16:26 -0700, Hugo van der Kooij wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> jeremiah wrote: >> >>> Error: Service notification command 'notify-by-email' specified for >>> contact 'root' is not defined anywhere! >>> Error: Host notification command 'host-notify-by-email' specified >> for >>> contact 'root' is not defined anywhere! >> >> The answer is right in front of you. You need to define these >> commands. >> >> In fact they should be listed in one of your sample configuration >> files. >> >> Which sections of the manuals did you use to find an answer to this >> question? >> >> Hugo. >> >> - -- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hugo.vanderkooij.org/ >> PGP/GPG? Use: http://hugo.vanderkooij.org/0x58F19981.asc >> >> A: Yes. >> >Q: Are you sure? >> >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >> >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? >> >> Bored? 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