Nagios authentication thru LDAP.

[Allan Clark]

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 13:48, Mike Lindsey <mike-nagios at 5dninja.net> wrote:
> On 8/10/11 9:23 AM, Robert J Molerio wrote:
>> Can anyone indicate how this can be done?
>> We would like users to log on to Nagios via LDAP.
>> I think we need to configure the Apache server within Nagios to be
>> able to do this but we're not sure.
>
> Depending on your version of Apache this ranges from a pain in the rear,
> to nigh impossible.  It's doable, but I've often found it easier and
> more stable, to have a cronjob that exports the ldap users to an
> htpasswd file.  Requires fewer changes to your Apache installation, and
> doesn't lock your users out of your Nagios install if LDAP fails.

I think the backend that does this for you is called "script": does
the same, but only when there are changes, and immediately on change.

Allan
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