Cannot open command file for update

[Guy Waugh]

Hi Brian,

On my system the /usr/local/nagios/var/rw directory has permissions
drwxrwsr-x. This is the only difference I can see between my system and
yours.

Regards,
Guy.

On 14 July 2010 12:50, Brian O'Mahony <brian.omahony at curamsoftware.com>wrote:

>  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 did however recently do a restore of the machine (I restored an old copy
> of the VM and then copied over the backup data).
>
>
>
>
>
> When I change the permissions, next time I click commit, it goes back to
> being un-openable:
>
>
>
> [root at nagios servers]# ls -al /usr/local/nagios/var/r*
>
>
>
> /usr/local/nagios/var/rw:
>
> total 2
>
> drwxr-xr-x 2 nagios nagcmd 1024 Jul 14 12:40 .
>
> drwxrwxrwx 6 nagios nagios 1024 Jul 14 12:42 ..
>
> prw-rw---- 1 nagios nagios    0 Jul 14 12:40 nagios.cmd
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> B
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