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At this step in quick start guide for Ubuntu 7.10

4) Customize Configuration
Sample configuration files have now been installed in the /usr/local/nagios/etc directory. These sample
files should work fine for getting started with Nagios. You’ll need to make just one change before you
proceed...
Edit the /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/contacts.cfg config file with your favorite editor and change the email
address associated with the nagiosadmin contact definition to the address you’d like to use for receiving
alerts.
vi /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/contacts.cfg

I followed the install for Ubuntu to the letter, at least I think I did. Just learned of Nagios yesterday. Setup Ubuntu 7.10 desktop as a VM using Virtual Box on an older XP host. I get to step quoted above from Quick start guide, but the folder, /usr/local/nagios/ , is not there, not hidden, just isn't there for me to further go down to find the contacts.cfg file

Any ideas?

Thank you in advance

Were you able to perform successfully the first three steps?

Paths are different in different distros. Do you have "/etc/nagios3/" directory?

Try searching for "contacts.cfg" using "find" or "locate".

Hope this helps.