./nagios -v ../etc/nagios.cfg

Nagios 1.2
Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Ethan Galstad (nagios@nagios.org)
Last Modified: 02-02-2004
License: GPL

Reading configuration data...

Running pre-flight check on configuration data...

Checking services...
Error: Contact group 'novell-admins' specified in service 'FTP' for host 'redhat' is not defined anywhere!
Error: Contact group 'novell-admins' specified in service 'PING' for host 'redhat' is not defined anywhere!
Error: Contact group 'nagiosadmin' specified in service 'POP3' for host 'redhat' is not defined anywhere!
Error: Contact group 'novell-admins' specified in service 'SMTP' for host 'redhat' is not defined anywhere!
        Checked 4 services.
Checking hosts...
Warning: Host 'redhat' is not a member of any host groups!
        Checked 1 hosts.
Checking host groups...
Error: There are no host groups defined!
        Checked 0 host groups.
Checking contacts...
Warning: Contact 'jdoe' is not a member of any contact groups!
Warning: Contact 'nagios' is not a member of any contact groups!
        Checked 2 contacts.
Checking contact groups...
Error: There are no contact groups defined!

        Checked 0 contact groups.
Checking service escalations...
Error: Service escalation for service 'PING' on host 'linux1' is not defined anywhere!
Error: Contact group 'novell-admins' specified in service escalation for service 'PING' on host 'linux1' is not defined anywhere!
Error: Contact group 'linux-admins' specified in service escalation for service 'PING' on host 'linux1' is not defined anywhere!
Error: Service escalation for service 'Current Users' on host 'linux1' is not defined anywhere!
Error: Contact group 'novell-admins' specified in service escalation for service 'Current Users' on host 'linux1' is not defined anywhere!
Error: Contact group 'linux-admins' specified in service escalation for service 'Current Users' on host 'linux1' is not defined anywhere!
        Checked 2 service escalations.
Checking host group escalations...
Error: Hostgroup escalation for hostgroup 'novell-servers' is invalid because the hostgroup is not defined anywhere!
Error: Contact group 'nt-admins' specified in hostgroup escalation for hostgroup 'novell-servers' is not defined anywhere!
Error: Contact group 'novell-admins' specified in hostgroup escalation for hostgroup 'novell-servers' is not defined anywhere!
Error: Hostgroup escalation for hostgroup 'novell-servers' is invalid because the hostgroup is not defined anywhere!
Error: Contact group 'linux-admins' specified in hostgroup escalation for hostgroup 'novell-servers' is not defined anywhere!
Error: Contact group 'nt-admins' specified in hostgroup escalation for hostgroup 'novell-servers' is not defined anywhere!
Error: Contact group 'novell-admins' specified in hostgroup escalation for hostgroup 'novell-servers' is not defined anywhere!
        Checked 2 host group escalations.
Checking service dependencies...
        Checked 0 service dependencies.
Checking host escalations...
        Checked 0 host escalations.
Checking host dependencies...
        Checked 0 host dependencies.
Checking commands...
        Checked 22 commands.
Checking time periods...
        Checked 4 time periods.
Checking for circular paths between hosts...
Checking for circular service execution dependencies...
Checking global event handlers...
Checking obsessive compulsive service processor command...
Checking misc settings...

Total Warnings: 3
Total Errors:   19

***> One or more problems was encountered while running the pre-flight check...

     Check your configuration file(s) to ensure that they contain valid
     directives and data defintions.  If you are upgrading from a previous
     version of Nagios, you should be aware that some variables/definitions
     may have been removed or modified in this version.  Make sure to read
     the HTML documentation on the main and host config files, as well as the
     'Whats New' section to find out what has changed