Encrpyt passwords in resource.cfg

[David Wallis]

John Andrunas wrote:
> Is it possible to encrypt passwords in the resource.cfg file?  Other
> than file permissions/SElinux, what methods would people use to secure
> the resource.cfg file?
>
>   

You can increase the security by turning off world read and making the 
file readable by only your nagios user and group. I don't know 
definitively, but I doubt it's possible to encrypt passwords in config 
files without modifying Nagios source code.

-- 
David Wallis
Information Technology
Advanced Photon Source
Argonne National Laboratory



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