HTTP server authentication requirements for accessing this CGI.

[Jimmyboy]

Hi Ankush,

This is already done, but still the issue exists.
The only difference is the username nagiosadmin as in my case.

Thanks,
Jim

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 4:11 PM, ankush grover <grover1711 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jimmy,
>
> You need to enable authentication in cgi.cfg.
>
> use_authentication=1
>
> authorized_for_all_host_commands=admin
> authorized_for_all_hosts=admin
> authorized_for_all_service_commands=admin
> authorized_for_all_services=admin
> authorized_for_configuration_information=admin
> authorized_for_system_commands=admin
> authorized_for_system_information=admin
>
>
> Something like this in nagios.conf file for apache (On my linux box
> that is centos 5.x it is /etc/httpd/conf.d/nagios.conf)
>
> <Directory "/usr/lib/nagios/cgi">
> #  SSLRequireSSL
>   Options ExecCGI
>   AllowOverride None
>   Order allow,deny
>   Allow from all
> #  Order deny,allow
> #  Deny from all
> #  Allow from 127.0.0.1
>   AuthName "Nagios Access"
>   AuthType Basic
>   AuthUserFile /etc/nagios/htpasswd.users
>   Require valid-user
> </Directory>
>
> Alias /nagios "/usr/share/nagios"
>
> <Directory "/usr/share/nagios">
> #  SSLRequireSSL
>   Options None
>   AllowOverride None
>   Order allow,deny
>   Allow from all
> #  Order deny,allow
> #  Deny from all
> #  Allow from 127.0.0.1
>   AuthName "Nagios Access"
>   AuthType Basic
>   AuthUserFile /etc/nagios/htpasswd.users
>   Require valid-user
> </Directory>
>
>
> Now use htpasswd command to generate htpasswd.users file with user admin.
>
> htpasswd -c /etc/nagios/htpasswd.users   admin
>
>
> Regards
>
> Ankush
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Jimmyboy <jimmyjose2980 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I have installed Apache2.2.9 using the source file
> > 'Apache2_2.2.9.orig.tar.gz'.
> > Nagios 3.0.6 is also installed on Ubuntu Intrepid OS using the Quickstart
> > Guide. I am able to open http://localhost/nagios.
> >
> > However, certain entities on the left pane, such as 'Process Info',
> 'Network
> > Outages', etc are not getting opened. They error out with the following
> > message.
> >
> > "It appears as though you do not have permission to view information for
> any
> > of the hosts you requested... If you believe this is an error, check the
> > HTTP server authentication requirements for accessing this CGI and check
> the
> > authorization options in your CGI configuration file."
> >
> > I followed
> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2002/09/26/nagios.html?page=3.
> > Configuration of httpd.conf says ScriptAlias /nagios/cgi-bin/
> > /usr/local/nagios/sbin/. But, I do not have a directory 'cgi-bin' under
> > nagios directory. Morever, I do not see the 'sites-available' &
> > other directories named similarly under my /usr/local/apache2/conf
> > directory. Will that be a problem?
> >
> > But, still, I am at same stage. Anyone, any idea, how to go about?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jim
> >
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