[smokeping-users] Re: "unknown section" error

[PAUL WILLIAMSON]

I would bet you can't have a " " in the section.  Make it something like:

++ hosting.com

and drop the "Colocation".  That space just complicates the directory structure, 
and has nothing to do with what is displayed.  

Paul

>>> John Oliver <joliver at john-oliver.net> 07/26/02 03:26PM >>>

ERROR: /etc/mrtg/smokeping.conf, line 77: unknown section 'hosting.com
Colocation'
[Fri Jul 26 12:02:45 2002] [error] [client 192.168.20.130] Premature end
of script headers: /home/httpd/cgi-bin/smokeping

Nothing in the archives :-(

Here's my config file:

[root at mrtg html]# cat /etc/mrtg/smokeping.conf
# Note that all IP addresses in this file are false, to prevent some
# machine falling uder a deadly DOS storm because all users keep
# the same addresses in their config.

*** General ***

owner    = John Oliver
contact  = hostmaster at pacspro.com 
mailhost = mail.pacspro.com
sendmail = /usr/sbin/sendmail
imgcache = /home/httpd/html/.simg
imgurl   = ../.simg
datadir  = /usr/local/smokeping/var
piddir  = /usr/local/smokeping/var
cgiurl   = http://mrtg.pacspro.com/cgi-bin/smokeping 
smokemail = /usr/local/smokeping/etc/smokemail
# specify this to get syslog logging
# syslogfacility = local0


*** Database ***

step     = 300
pings    = 20

# consfn mrhb steps total

AVERAGE  0.5   1  1008
AVERAGE  0.5  12  4320
    MIN  0.5  12  4320
    MAX  0.5  12  4320
AVERAGE  0.5 144   720
    MAX  0.5 144   720
    MIN  0.5 144   720

*** Presentation ***

template = /home/httpd/html/smokeping/index.html

+ overview

width = 600
height = 50
range = 10h

+ detail

width = 600
height = 200
unison_tolerance = 2

"Last 3 Hours"    3h
"Last 30 Hours"   30h
"Last 10 Days"    10d
"Last 400 Days"   400d

*** Probes ***

+ FPing

binary = /usr/local/bin/fping

*** Targets ***

probe = FPing

menu = Top
title = Network Latency Grapher
remark = Welcome to the SmokePing website of xxx Company. \
         Here you will learn all about the latency of our network.

+ SDPS

menu = SDPS
title = San Diego Professional Services

++ hosting.com Colocation

menu = hosting.com Colocation
title = hosting.com Colocation

+++ Router 1

menu = Router 1
title = Router 1
host = 192.168.101.1

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