nagios.cmd permissions

[Richard Muir (Ham)]

Apache runs as the user wwwrun and its in the group

nagiocmd:x:503:nagios,nobody,nagiosadmin,wwwrun

Permissions after a restart of nagios are as follows

drwxrwsr-x    2 nagios   nagiocmd     4096 Jun 16 15:46 rw
-rw-rw-r--    1 nagios   users        3520 Jun 17 13:35 status.log
-rw-r--r--    1 nagios   nagios       2473 Jun 17 12:46 status.sav

hrg-netmon1 nagios/var# cd rw
Directory: /usr/local/nagios/var/rw

hrg-netmon1 var/rw# ll
total 8
drwxrwsr-x    2 nagios   nagiocmd     4096 Jun 16 15:46 .
drwxrwxr-x    4 nagios   nagios       4096 Jun 17 13:35 ..
prw-rw----    1 nagios   nagiocmd        0 Jun 16 15:46 nagios.cmd

-----Original Message-----
From: Mikel Bauer [mailto:mikel at bridgeband.net] 
Sent: 16 June 2003 18:27
To: Aleksey Domorad
Cc: 'Richard Muir (Ham)'; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] nagios.cmd permissions

I would suggest against doing this, but instead, verify that the httpd 
user (ie apache or nobody) is in the nagioscmd group.  Also, have you 
restarted apache since you updated the cgi scripts?  I'd give that a shot.

Aleksey Domorad wrote:
> I had very same issue.
> Change your nagios.cfg to reflect following
>  
> # NAGIOS GROUP
> # This determines the effective group that Nagios should run as.
> # You can either supply a group name or a GID.
>  
> nagios_group=apache
>  
>  
> Basically start nagios with apache group.
>  
> Make sure that your apache config matches that group.
>  
>  
> 
>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* Richard Muir (Ham) [mailto:Richard.Muir at stortext.com]
>     *Sent:* Monday, June 16, 2003 11:35 AM
>     *To:* nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>     *Subject:* [Nagios-users] nagios.cmd permissions
> 
>     Installed Nagios v 1.0 and had everything working no problem
> 
>      
> 
>     Installed v1.1 last week and now cannot execute commands from the
>     web interface due to permission problems.
> 
>      
> 
>     Have checked and have the following
> 
>     drwxrwsr-x    2 nagios   nagiocmd     4096 Jun 16 15:31 .
> 
>     drwxrwxr-x    4 nagios   nagios       4096 Jun 16 15:31 ..
> 
>     prw-rw----    1 nagios   nagiocmd        0 Jun 16 15:31 nagios.cmd
> 
>      
> 
>     Doing a chmod works BUT every time I restart nagios it resets the
>     permissions back to whats above.
> 
>      
> 
>     Have restarted the web server, checked the groups all seem ok.
> 
>      
> 
>     Anyone else have this issue ?
> 
>     Richard Muir
>     Systems Manager
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-- 
Mikel Bauer


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