Newbie questions

[Carl Schelin]

On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 01:09, Lam Eric wrote:
> 1) CGI authentication problem
> 
> If I turn on the use_authentication=1, then I can't
> see the service detail page or hosts detail page. It
> returns message: "It appears as through you do not
> have permissions to view info for any of the services
> you requested..". I checked all the cgi-bin configs in
> httpd.conf and they are matching the entries suggested
> in Doc. I tried running apache with either
> nobody:nobody and nagois:nagios, same result. On the
> other hand, I start nagios with nagios:nagios in both
> cases. Is there anything else I can check. I also
> installed nagios with the nagios user and group. If I
> disable authentication, I see all pages.
> 

I'm working on our first installation and just encountered and fixed the
problem. You can only see system information if you're the support
person. Farther down in cgi.cfg (after the use_authentication section)
are 4 or 5 entries that let all identified users view specific
information.

> 2) I got "Invalid HTTP response from host on port
> 443"?
> 
> I added another entry in checkcommands.cfg with the
> check_https definition, what it does is "check_http -H
> $HOSTADDRESS$ -p 443". Is this done properly? I'm
> checking a customized jakarta server that serves PS2
> clients, it does not serve web pages. There is nothing
> wrong with the service. It's serving PS2 clients
> properly.
> 

As a test, what happens when you telnet to port 443 on the system? Does
it respond as if there's a web server?

> Thanks for your help in advance.

> P.S. If you would, please respond back to this email
> address.
> 

I'll reply to both. I'm a newbie (two days after installation) and
appreciate searchable info.

> Eric.
> 

Carl



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