Re: [Nagios-devel] Nagios config verify failing with "garbage"
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 4:11 pm
=0A>=0A>Fr=E5n: Jim Smythe =0A>Till: nagios-devel@lis=
ts.sourceforge.net=0A>Skickat: s=F6n 22 maj 2011 11:26:40=0A>=C4mne: [Nagio=
s-devel] Nagios config verify failing with "garbage" characters in =0A>outp=
ut=0A>=0A>I am currently running 3.2.3. =0A>=0A>I have quite a few machines=
running nagios and all but one are running happily =0A=0A>with very simil=
ar configs (hosts/services differ from machine to machine, but =0A>all oth=
er files are identical).=0A>=0A>I get a config check error on one that is =
very strange.=0A>=0A>#### Snipit of hostgroup config file that doesn't work=
(identical on all =0A>machines)=0A>define hostgroup {=0A> hostgroup_nam=
e Consumer Electronics=0A> alias Consumer Electronics=0A>}=0A>=0A>#### r=
unning nagios -v ../nagios.cfg get this (please note, the corrupt =0A>chara=
cters change every time I run the verify process)=0A>.... lines ommited ...=
.=0A> Checked 15 hosts.=0A>Checking host groups...=0A>Error: Host '=
=E8=F0' specified in host group 'Consumer Electronics' is not defined =0A>a=
nywhere!=0A> Checked 11 host groups.=0A>.... lines ommited ....=0A>T=
otal Errors: 1=0A>=0A>#### changing the "C" in consumer electronics to a =
"c" fixes it (or, from a =0A>cursory check, any letters except "A", "B", or=
"C") - see modified snipit=0A>define hostgroup {=0A> hostgroup_name con=
sumer Electronics=0A> alias Consumer Electronics=0A>}=0A>=0A>##### confi=
g check runs perfectly!!!=0A>=0A>Note: It so happens that this hostgroup is=
not even in use on this particular =0A>machine. I just have a standard ho=
stgroup config file that gets distributed to =0A=0A>all machines. =0A>=0A>=
=0A>I think this is a bug, but I cannot find any information that shows one=
already =0A=0A>logged, and I don't really know how to confirm exactly what=
is causing the =0A>verify process to believe there is a host with the garb=
age characters.=0A>=0A>Any suggestions would be great!=0A=0AHi,=0A=0AI reco=
gnize the behaviour and it could be the same problem I had.=0ATry the lates=
t GIT/SVN (whatever) or look at the patch below and=0Aapply it to the clean=
3.2.3 version.=0A=0Ahttp://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=
=3D26565601=0A=0AUnfortnately, I do not have commit ID for it.=0AHope this =
will solve your problem.=0A=0ABrgds=0A/Sven=0A_____________________________=
_________________=0A=0ASven-G=F6ran Bergh, Systemasis AB=0A________________=
______________________________
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ts.sourceforge.net=0A>Skickat: s=F6n 22 maj 2011 11:26:40=0A>=C4mne: [Nagio=
s-devel] Nagios config verify failing with "garbage" characters in =0A>outp=
ut=0A>=0A>I am currently running 3.2.3. =0A>=0A>I have quite a few machines=
running nagios and all but one are running happily =0A=0A>with very simil=
ar configs (hosts/services differ from machine to machine, but =0A>all oth=
er files are identical).=0A>=0A>I get a config check error on one that is =
very strange.=0A>=0A>#### Snipit of hostgroup config file that doesn't work=
(identical on all =0A>machines)=0A>define hostgroup {=0A> hostgroup_nam=
e Consumer Electronics=0A> alias Consumer Electronics=0A>}=0A>=0A>#### r=
unning nagios -v ../nagios.cfg get this (please note, the corrupt =0A>chara=
cters change every time I run the verify process)=0A>.... lines ommited ...=
.=0A> Checked 15 hosts.=0A>Checking host groups...=0A>Error: Host '=
=E8=F0' specified in host group 'Consumer Electronics' is not defined =0A>a=
nywhere!=0A> Checked 11 host groups.=0A>.... lines ommited ....=0A>T=
otal Errors: 1=0A>=0A>#### changing the "C" in consumer electronics to a =
"c" fixes it (or, from a =0A>cursory check, any letters except "A", "B", or=
"C") - see modified snipit=0A>define hostgroup {=0A> hostgroup_name con=
sumer Electronics=0A> alias Consumer Electronics=0A>}=0A>=0A>##### confi=
g check runs perfectly!!!=0A>=0A>Note: It so happens that this hostgroup is=
not even in use on this particular =0A>machine. I just have a standard ho=
stgroup config file that gets distributed to =0A=0A>all machines. =0A>=0A>=
=0A>I think this is a bug, but I cannot find any information that shows one=
already =0A=0A>logged, and I don't really know how to confirm exactly what=
is causing the =0A>verify process to believe there is a host with the garb=
age characters.=0A>=0A>Any suggestions would be great!=0A=0AHi,=0A=0AI reco=
gnize the behaviour and it could be the same problem I had.=0ATry the lates=
t GIT/SVN (whatever) or look at the patch below and=0Aapply it to the clean=
3.2.3 version.=0A=0Ahttp://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=
=3D26565601=0A=0AUnfortnately, I do not have commit ID for it.=0AHope this =
will solve your problem.=0A=0ABrgds=0A/Sven=0A_____________________________=
_________________=0A=0ASven-G=F6ran Bergh, Systemasis AB=0A________________=
______________________________
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