On 31/12/2010 13:51, Jim Avery wrote: > On 31 December 2010 13:37, Mister IT Guru<[email protected]> wrote: >> Whoops! >> >> Error: Could not read object configuration data! >> >> Here are some things you should check in order to resolve this error: >> >> Verify configuration options using the -v command-line option to check for >> errors. >> Check the Nagios log file for messages relating to startup or status data >> errors. >> >> I have run the following command >> >> ]# /usr/bin/nagios -v /etc/nagios/nagios.cfg >> .. >> .. >> Total Warnings: 0 >> Total Errors: 0 >> >> Things look okay - No serious problems were detected during the pre-flight >> check >> >> The nagios interface 'works' but I have the above error. I have noticed that >> the log file does not update /var/log/nagios/nagios.log, which makes me >> think that something is not 100% correct. >> >> I'm running Centos 5.5, and I installed the version of nagios available in >> the repo, then realised that it was an old, and installed RPMForge. >> >> I'm stumped as to what can be causing this error, any tips? > I'm not sure what you mean by "... and installed RPMForge". > > If you installed Nagios from the source tarball using the quickstart > instructions at > http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/quickstart-fedora.html , then > the nagios config file nagios.cfg would be under > /usr/local/nagios/etc/ and the command to verify the config should > then be .. > > /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg > > I would stop the Nagios daemon, check the start script under > /etc/init.d to make sure you know how it is starting, check where it > is looking for the config and run the verify command again making sure > you are using the right config location. > > hth, > > Jim RPMForge is a repository it has the latest nagios rpms. The path I gave is the correct path for the config, and the binaries. The file /etc/init.d/nagios has the entry config="/etc/nagios/nagios.cfg"
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