nagios external command error

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Guillermo Padilla
> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 11:43 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] nagios external command error
> 
> I've gotten the following error
> 
> 
> 
> Error: Could not open command file
'/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd'
> for update!
> 
> The permissions on the external command file and/or directory may be
> incorrect. Read the FAQs on how to setup proper permissions.
> 
> An error occurred while attempting to commit your command for
processing.
> 
> 
> 
> I've done the suggested
> http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/commandfile.html
> 
> Instructions to fix this issue with no luck.
> 
> 
> 
> The only way I can run external commands via the nagios interface is
by
> manually chmoddin nagios.cmd to 777.
> 
> 
> 
> Currently the user/group for this process is nagios:nagiocmd
> 
> 
> 
> I'm running RH AS 4.0 with apache 2.0.54 and nagios 1.2


Mmmmm. AS 4.0. Do you have SELINUX enabled? Do you see SELINUX errors in
/var/log/messages? Make sure your policy allows apache to write to that
file/directory.

Another common problem is that apache is not a member of the nagiocmd
group _or_ wasn't restarted after adding it to that group. Your apache
error logs might be informative in that regard as well.

--
Marc

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