Error: Could not open CGI config file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/cgi.cfg' for reading!

[Villem Alari]

Ok, I got rid of that problem.


On 21.08.2007, at 3:35, Villem Alari wrote:

> I am geting this mesage in Nagios first page:
>
> Whoops!
>
> Error: Could not open CGI config file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/cgi.cfg'
> for reading!
>
> Here are some things you should check in order to resolve this error:
>
>     1. Make sure you've installed a CGI config file in its proper
> location. See the error message about for details on where the CGI is
> expecting to find the configuration file. A sample CGI configuration
> file (named cgi.cfg) can be found in the sample-config/ subdirectory
> of the Nagios source code distribution.
>     2. Make sure the user your web server is running as has
> permission to read the CGI config file.
>
> Make sure you read the documentation on installing and configuring
> Nagios thoroughly before continuing. If all else fails, try sending a
> message to one of the mailing lists. More information can be found at
> http://www.nagios.org.
>
> I can't understand why as I have done everything like it said in
> installation guide. I did this /usr/sbin/groupadd nagcmd, I did that /
> usr/sbin/usermod -G nagcmd www-data and also that /usr/sbin/usermod -
> G nagcmd nagios. I also added to my apache2.conf that:
>
> ScriptAlias /nagios/cgi-bin /usr/local/nagios/sbin
>
> <Directory "/usr/local/nagios/sbin">
>      Options ExecCGI
>      AllowOverride None
>      Order allow,deny
>      Allow from all
>      AuthName "Nagios Access"
>      AuthType Basic
>      AuthUserFile /usr/local/nagios/etc/htpasswd.users
>      Require valid-user
> </Directory>
>
> Alias /nagios /usr/local/nagios/share
>
> <Directory "/usr/local/nagios/share">
>      Options None
>      AllowOverride None
>      Order allow,deny
>      Allow from all
>      AuthName "Nagios Access"
>      AuthType Basic
>      AuthUserFile /usr/local/nagios/etc/htpasswd.users
>      Require valid-user
> </Directory>
>
> What is wrong so that I can't use Nagios cgi files? I am buzzled  
> really.
>
> N.B.! I am using Ubuntu 7.04 server version.
>
> Regards,
> Villem Alari
>
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