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I am running Ubuntu 12.04 via Oracle VB and I have installed Nagios CORE v3.4.1 that went fine.


However when attempting to do the initial switch.cfg editing here is what happens:

vi /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg

^ The above takes me to the config file to edit it.

I remove the hash sign (#)

cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/switch.cfg


But I am unable to save the edited config file. It just sits there...? I managed to scroll to the end of the tutorial or info on the config file itself to NO avail.

I even tried... Ctrl and O and that is NOT responding so I am unable to save and exit to get to the next step.

Please help!

vi does not respond, like some other editors, to Ctrl+keys. Once you have made the changes that you want type :quit [enter] and it will write the file with your changes. All vi(m) commands to my knowledge use :[command] instead of ctrl.

I might, as much as some may dislike it, suggest something a little more user friendly like the nano editor. That particular one will use Ctrl+w to write files without exiting, and Ctrl+x to exit and write. It does not have all the advanced features, but is quite a bit easier to use.

or try using nano instead of vi ... nano /usr/local/nagios/filename.cfg

Will try that and provide the results!