The entire nagios/var directory needs to be writeable by the user and group 'nagios' I believe.
eg. chown -R nagios:nagios /usr/local/nagios/var Kaplan, Andrew H. wrote: > > Hi there – > > I just completed installing Nagios 2.5 and I am having problems > starting the application as either nagios or root users. > > The messages file in the /var/log directory has the following entry: > > I checked the permissions for the nagios.lock file, and they are as > follows: > > What changes do I need to make to correct this? Thanks. > > !DSPAM:37,45784cc040415044320820! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > !DSPAM:37,45784cc040415044320820! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > !DSPAM:37,45784cc040415044320820! > -- Andy Shellam NetServe Support Team the Mail Network "an alternative in a standardised world" p: +44 (0) 121 288 0832/0839 m: +44 (0) 7818 000834 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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