External Commands via CGI interface

[Arno Lehmann]

Marco Borsani wrote:

> 
> 
> Hi all !
> 
> I never have used before ext commands via CGI, until today.
> 
> Now, I' like to use some of them, like :
> - Add a new comment
> - Disable/enable notifications
> - .....
> but, when I try to use them , I receive this error message:  
> 
> *Error: Could not stat() command file 
> '/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd'!*
> *The external command file may be missing, Nagios may not be running, 
> and/or Nagios may not be checking external commands. *
> *An error occurred while attempting to commit your command for 
> processing* .
>  
> File nagios.cmd has these permissions:
> prw-rw----   1 nagios     nagios           0 Mar 16 09:18 nagios.cmd
>  
> Any ideas?

Sure

- Check the path, then recheck, then again :-)
- Make sure the user who sends the commands is allowed to write to the 
command file:
drwxrwsr-x  2 nagios nagiocmd   .
drwxrwxr-x  4 nagios nagios     ..
prw-rw----  1 nagios nagiocmd   nagios.cmd
...and in group nagiocmd you have the users who, for example, run the 
web server or have to submit commands. That's the important point, I'd say.

Arno

> Regards
>  
> Marco

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Arno Lehmann                  http://www.its-lehmann.de


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