debian man page for nagios3

nagios3(8)							      nagios								nagios3(8)

NAME
       nagios3 - network/systems status monitoring daemon

SYNOPSIS
       nagios3 [-h] [-v] [-s] [-d] <main_config_file>

DESCRIPTION
       nagios3	is  a  daemon  program	that  monitors the status of various network accessible systems, devices, and more.  For more information,
       please consult the online documentation available at http://www.nagios.org, or on your nagios server's web page.

OPTIONS
       main_config_file
	      The main configuration file.  On debian systems this defaults to /etc/nagios3/nagios.cfg

       -h     A helpful usage message

       -v     Reads all data in the configuration files and performs a basic verification/sanity check.  Always make sure you verify  your  config
	      data before (re)starting Nagios.

       -s     Shows projected/recommended check scheduling information based on the current data in the configuration files.

       -d     Starts Nagios in daemon mode (instead of as a foreground process).

FILES
       /etc/nagios3
	      Default configuration directory for nagios3

AUTHOR
       nagios3	is  written and maintained by Ethan Galstad <nagios@nagios.org>.  This manual page was written by sean finney <seanius@debian.org>
       for the Debian GNU/Linux operating system (but it may be freely used, modified, and redistributed by others).

sean finney							   February 2006							nagios3(8)