about nagios host ping

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pythonjian
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about nagios host ping

Post by pythonjian »

hi
I've got problem in nagios:
My host must forbid ping,so nagios judged the host is down and constantly send e-mail to me.
How can i solve this problem please?
abrist
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Re: about nagios host ping

Post by abrist »

You will have to create a new host definition without the icmp/ping check command and then set up a passive check on the remote host.
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pythonjian
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Re: about nagios host ping

Post by pythonjian »

abrist wrote:You will have to create a new host definition without the icmp/ping check command and then set up a passive check on the remote host.
thanks
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