Re: [Nagios-devel] Nagios config verify failing with "garbage"

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Can you provide a minimal configuration that displays this symptom? We =
can then reproduce and fix and add to test cases for checking in future =
too.

Ton

On 22 May 2011, at 22:26, Jim Smythe wrote:

> I am currently running 3.2.3.=20
>=20
> I have quite a few machines running nagios and all but one are running =
happily with very similar configs (hosts/services differ from machine to =
machine, but all other files are identical).
>=20
> I get a config check error on one that is very strange.
>=20
> #### Snipit of hostgroup config file that doesn't work (identical on =
all machines)
> define hostgroup {
> hostgroup_name Consumer Electronics
> alias Consumer Electronics
> }
>=20
> #### running nagios -v ../nagios.cfg get this (please note, the =
corrupt characters change every time I run the verify process)
> .... lines ommited ....
> Checked 15 hosts.
> Checking host groups...
> Error: Host '=E8=F0' specified in host group 'Consumer Electronics' is =
not defined anywhere!
> Checked 11 host groups.
> .... lines ommited ....
> Total Errors: 1
>=20
> #### changing the "C" in consumer electronics to a "c" fixes it (or, =
from a cursory check, any letters except "A", "B", or "C") - see =
modified snipit
> define hostgroup {
> hostgroup_name consumer Electronics
> alias Consumer Electronics
> }
>=20
> ##### config check runs perfectly!!!
>=20
> Note: It so happens that this hostgroup is not even in use on this =
particular machine. I just have a standard hostgroup config file that =
gets distributed to all machines.=20
>=20
> I think this is a bug, but I cannot find any information that shows =
one already logged, and I don't really know how to confirm exactly what =
is causing the verify process to believe there is a host with the =
garbage characters.
>=20
> Any suggestions would be great!
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Can =
you provide a minimal configuration that displays this symptom? We can =
then reproduce and fix and add to test cases for checking in future =
too.TonOn 22 May 2011, at =
22:26, Jim Smythe wrote:I am =
currently running 3.2.3. I have quite a few machines running=20
nagios and all but one are running happily with very similar configs=20
(hosts/services differ from machine to machine, but all other files are=20=

identical).I get a config check error on one that is very =
strange.#### Snipit of hostgroup config file that doesn't =
work (identical on all machines)define hostgroup =
{    hostgroup_name Consumer Electronics
    alias Consumer Electronics}#### =
running nagios -v ../nagios.cfg get this (please note, the corrupt =
characters change every time I run the verify process).... =
lines ommited ....        =
Checked 15 hosts.
Checking host groups...Error: Host '=E8=F0' specified in host group =
'Consumer Electronics' is not defined =
anywhere!        Checked 11 host =
groups

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