Externals Commands

[Hari Sekhon]

Martin J. Green wrote:
>
> I can't get external commands to work either (appears it can't write 
> to the file for some reason), but its so low on my list of priorities 
> I haven't gotten to it yet.
>
>  
>
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>
> *From:* nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net 
> [mailto:nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] *On Behalf Of 
> *Hari Sekhon
> *Sent:* 01 August 2006 13:48
> *To:* nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> *Subject:* [Nagios-users] Externals Commands
>
>  
>
> I am having real difficulty getting external commands to work and 
> don't full understand what's going wrong, despite having RTFMing 
> several times.
>
> As an example, I log in to the web interface as nagiosadmin via basic 
> apache auth successfully as usual. I go to "comments" in the left hand 
> pane and enter one for a host but when I click submit, I get the error:
>
> "Sorry, but you are not authorized to commit the specified command.
>
> Read the section of the documentation that deals with authentication 
> and authorization in the CGIs for more information.
>
> Return from whence you came" <javascript:window.history.go(-2)>
>
> As far as I can tell, I have all the perms set right according to the 
> docs:
>
> cgi.cfg
>
> use_authentication=1
> authorized_for_system_information=nagiosadmin
> authorized_for_configuration_information=nagiosadmin
> authorized_for_system_commands=nagiosadmin
> authorized_for_all_services=nagiosadmin
> authorized_for_all_hosts=nagiosadmin
> authorized_for_all_service_commands=nagiosadmin
> authorized_for_all_host_commands=nagiosadmin
>
> nagios.cfg
>
> command_file=/var/nagios/rw/nagios.cmd
> check_external_commands=1
> # NOTE: Setting this value to -1 causes Nagios to check the external
> # command file as often as possible.
> command_check_interval=-1
>
> ll /var/nagios/ | grep rw/
> drwxrws--- 2 nagios apache  4096 Aug  1 13:28 rw/
>
> ll /var/nagios/rw/nagios.cmd
> prw-rw---- 1 nagios apache 0 Aug  1 13:28 /var/nagios/rw/nagios.cmd|
>
> The apache process is run by the apache user, a member of the apache 
> group, so has full perms to the directory and the pipe file 
> nagios.cmd. Nagios is run by nagios who is also a member of the apache 
> group.
>
> This all looks as it should be according to the docs as far as I can see.
>
> What am I missing?
>
>
> Hari
>

I think quite a lot of people have trouble with this but a lot give up 
or are satisfied that the main bit is working and don't bother with this...

does anybody have this working and if so could you post your configs so 
I can see anything you have different to me?

are external commands generally broken or is there something missing in 
the docs/our configs/our brains?

I'm using Version 1.4.1

Hari
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