Fwd: Re: Configuration files obfuscation

[Pallavolu Reddi Sekhar Reddy]

Hi,

I have installed the nagios on fedora 10 OS.
how can i get alerts from nagios? where to configure the nagios alerts on
contacts group for my mail ID(pr.sekharreddy at gmail.com).

Please let me know your suggestions. thanks in advance.

Thanks
Sekhar Reddy P R


On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Alain Williams <addw at phcomp.co.uk> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:09:10AM +0200, Andreas Ericsson wrote:
> > edward baddouh wrote:
> > > Yes, I want the configuration files to be worse (readable).
> > > The idea is to difficult as-much-as-possible config-files theft from
> ohter
> > > people who admin that server..
> > >
> > > There have been times that configuration files were implemented on
> different
> > > installations (different sites) with minor changes without the admin's
> > > consent..
> > >
> > > I don't want nobody to get credits for work I've done and receive no
> profit
> > > at all..
> > >
> >
> > This is just stupid imo and would be far better solved with some social
> > conventions. The problem is that there's a limited way of configuring
> > Nagios for a particular setup, so it's always entirely possible that
> > whoever you *think* is "stealing" configuration from you has actually
> > read the nagios docs for 15-30 minutes and then figured out how to do
> > it themselves. It's not exactly rocket science, and a nagios config
> > isn't a super-fast cryptographically secure hash algorithm that you
> > (sometimes) need to jealously protect. The fact that you're trying
> > makes me feel dirty all over, to be honest.
> >
> > Why you want an opensource community help you *not* share your work,
> > I really do not fathom, but you'll get absolutely no help from me.
>
> +1
>
> And who knows ... one of the people who takes your config might improve it
> and tell you how!
>
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