Error Message with check_http

[Kaplan, Andrew H.]

Yes that's right. If I wanted to provide a username and password, would I add it
to the end of the line in the nrpe.cfg file? 

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Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 4:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Error Message with check_http


On Wednesday, April 27, 2005 04:21 pm, Kaplan, Andrew H. wrote:
> Hi there --
>
> I am attempting to get the status of the Apache web server on a
> remote host. To that end I am using the check_http plugin.
> The error message that I am getting when I run the plugin either
> manually or automatically is:
>
> HTTP WARNING: HTTP/1.1 401 Authorization Required
>
> Can someone tell me what I need to do to correct this? Thanks.

As Martha would say "It's a good thing."

That message is just the web server's reply to the plugin's request.  
The plugin is working fine.

If you browsed to the site you would be challenged for a 
username:password, yes?

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