Hi,

When I try to restart Nagios, I get this error message:

Unexpected start of object definition in file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/localhost.cfg' on line 61 Make sure you close preceding objects before starting a new one.Error processing object config files!

Here's how my localhost.cfg file is configured:

# Define an optional hostgroup for Linux machines

define hostgroup{
hostgroup_name linux-servers ; The name of the hostgroup
alias Linux Servers ; Long name of the group
members localhost ; backup.abc.com, master.abc.com
}
I can't find anything wrong when I check line 61: define hostgroup{

Thanks for your help!

Check the whole of that file for stray characters.
You may need a space before the '{' for the parser to work thus 'define hostgroup {'.
Do ensure that the file has not been edited on MSWin and txfrd; use 'dos2unix' to fix the line-endings issue.
http://linux.die.net/man/1/dos2unix

Hi Chris,

Thanks for your answer. I modified the line 61 adding spaces etc...I actually tried different things but the same error message remains: Error: Unexpected start of object definition in file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/localhost.cfg' on line 61. Make sure you close preceding objects before starting a new one.
Error processing object config files!

I know that the file has not been edited on MSWin or txfrd. I'm using Debian Squeeze 6.0.6 by the way.

Thanks!