[Nagiosplug-help] NAGIOS fails to start: could not find status log: /var/log/nagios/status.log

[Hugo van der Kooij]

On 9 Mar 2003, Karl DeBisschop wrote:

> On Sun, 2003-03-09 at 12:40, Hugo van der Kooij wrote:

> > I run nagios 1.0 from the RPM on sourceforge. After my server rebooted due 
> > to a hardware fialure I can not get nagios back. If I restart nagios from 
> > the init.d script I get:
> > 
> > # service nagios restart
> > Running configuration check...done
> > Stopping network monitor: nagios
> > /etc/init.d/nagios: line 66: kill: (898) - No such process
> > Starting network monitor: nagios
> > NAGIOS CRITICAL - could not find status log: /var/log/nagios/status.log

...

> look for a lcok file in /var/lock of /var/run (or a ngios subdirectory
> thereof).

I did the windows thing. Only to find I had not installed nagio according 
to rpm dus to some odd errors. (I fear the %{cmdgrp} was part of the 
problem.)

So I rebuilded the packages on my development machine and cleared out the 
lot. (Just kept a backup of the config files somewhere.) After installing 
the new packages with some force (--allmatches) I got it up and running 
again.

Hugo.

PS: I am against duplicate messages!

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