RE: REG : Host name instead of IP address

Specify the name via 'host_name' and omit 'address' in hosts.cfg.
I do this for all my hosts and keeps the IP-numbers in only one place 
(/etc/hosts).



-----Original Message-----
From:   Thirumalai Srinivasan [mailto:tsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent:   Sat 21-Dec-02 12:43
To:     nagios-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc:     
Subject:        [Nagios-users] REG : Host name instead of IP address

Hi all

I just want to know whether the host name can be specified instead of IP 
address in the hosts.cfg file.As the IP address keeps changing for me i cant 
specify that .So thought of giving the host name ..Anyone there to help me 
out.. 

Regards
Thiru 



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