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Hi all

I am currently running core Version 4.0.6 & am trying to regularly set a host group in downtime - hopefully as a cron job.

looking through the docs i came across SCHEDULE_SERVICEGROUP_HOST_DOWNTIME which seems to do what i want. except i can't make it do so:lol:

If i run this:

from the shell either as root or user nagios i get "permission denied"


if i run it as a bash script (has permissions) as in the documentation here

https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... and_id=121

I get a "command not found" output

To me they're both the same thing just run in slightly different formats..but i get different error messages.

Am i missing something blindingly obvious here to get this working?

any help would be appreciated

regards

Nighthawkz wrote:To me they're both the same thing just run in slightly different formats..but i get different error messages.

These are not the same thing for sure.


What is the location of your nagios.cmd on your system?

Also, can you post the output of

thanks for responding


nagios.cmd is in /usr/local/nagios/var/rw

which prinft output:

/usr/bin/prinft

I originally posted the wrong command i was trying to use

SCHEDULE_HOSTGROUP_HOST_DOWNTIME is the one i'm looking to use

regards

Can you give me the contents of /etc/nagios/nagios.cfg
or /usr/local/nagios/nagios.cfg

Nighthawkz wrote:I originally posted the wrong command i was trying to use

SCHEDULE_HOSTGROUP_HOST_DOWNTIME is the one i'm looking to use

regards

You should be able to follow the doc here but change /bin/printf to /usr/bin/prinft
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/na ... and_id=123

@scottwilkerson:

thanks, i have read through and tried. When I try it, the log just gives this generic error:

[1570007290] EXTERNAL COMMAND: SCHEDULE_HOSTGROUP_HOST_DOWNTIME;Windows Servers;1569921625;1569943225;0;0;7200;lciav;Test Comment
[1570007290] Error: External command failed -> SCHEDULE_HOSTGROUP_HOST_DOWNTIME;Windows Servers;1569921625;1569943225;0;0;7200;lciav;Test Comment
[1570007290] External command error: Command failed

@mahtabalam

mahtabalam wrote:Can you give me the contents of /etc/nagios/nagios.cfg
or /usr/local/nagios/nagios.cfg

i have attached it

thanks

OK

I solved it

i was typing in the host groups name wrong apologies for wasting everyone time!

you can delete or mark this thread as solved!

thanks again!

Nighthawkz wrote:OK

I solved it

i was typing in the host groups name wrong apologies for wasting everyone time!

you can delete or mark this thread as solved!

thanks again!

Great!

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