<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2653.12"> <TITLE>RE: [Nagios-users] RE: Permissions Error</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> FYI, I have just built up a clean install of Redhat 8, and Nagios1.0 I have got Authentication setup and working ok (I can view cgi's), however I am unable to send commands from the Web Pages to Nagios (Scheduling Checks etc.) I am recieving the error Error: Could not stat() command file '/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd'! The external command file may be missing, Nagios may not be running, and/or Nagios may not be checking external commands. An error occurred while attempting to commit your command for processing. :( If possible I would suggest you backup the config CGI's (hosts services etc) and start over, it seems to be easier than troubleshooting. Chris... yup another Chris. Just for reference I've included the bits below so you can cross reference your config files. cgi.cfg ------- authorized_for_system_information=xxxx,nagiosadmin, authorized_for_system_commands=xxxx,nagiosadmin, authorized_for_configuration_information=xxxx,nagiosadmin, authorized_for_all_hosts=xxxx,nagiosadmin, authorized_for_all_host_commands=xxxx,nagiosadmin, authorized_for_all_services=xxxx,nagiosadmin, authorized_for_all_service_commands=xxxx,nagiosadmin, .htaccess (in /usr/local/nagios/share/ and /usr/local/nagios/sbin/) --------- AuthName "Nagios Access" AuthType Basic AuthUserFile /usr/local/nagios/etc/htpasswd.users /usr/local/nagios/etc/htpasswd.users ------------------------------------ nagiosadmin:<encrypted> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf (added the following, otherwise, no changes from default) -------------------------- ScriptAlias /nagios/cgi-bin/ /usr/local/nagios/sbin/ <Directory "/usr/local/nagios/sbin/"> AllowOverride AuthConfig Options ExecCGI Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> Alias /nagios/ /usr/local/nagios/share/ <Directory "/usr/local/nagios/share"> Options None AllowOverride AuthConfig Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> /etc/local/nagios/etc/contacts.cfg ---------------------------------- define contact { contact_name nagiosadmin alias Nagios Admin service_notification_period 24x7 host_notification_period 24x7 service_notification_options w,u,c,r host_notification_options d,u,r service_notification_commands notify-by-email,notify-by-epager host_notification_commands host-notify-by-email,host-notify-by-epager email nagios-admin@localhost.localdomain pager pagenagios-admin@localhost.localdomain } /etc/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg --------------------------------- # # nagios.cfg - Config file for Nagios (www.nagios.org) # # Written by Nagat. Manually editing this file is a bad idea since Nagat will # overwrite it. Delete the nagatobj.dat file in the nagios/etc directory to # reread the Nagios configuration. # log_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.log cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/checkcommands.cfg cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/misccommands.cfg cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/contactgroups.cfg cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/contacts.cfg cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/dependencies.cfg cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/escalations.cfg cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/hostgroups.cfg cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts.cfg cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/services.cfg cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/timeperiods.cfg resource_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/resource.cfg status_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/status.log nagios_user=nagios nagios_group=nagios check_external_commands=1 command_check_interval=-1 command_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd comment_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/comment.log downtime_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/downtime.log lock_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.lock temp_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.tmp log_rotation_method=d log_archive_path=/usr/local/nagios/var/archives use_syslog=1 log_notifications=1 log_service_retries=1 log_host_retries=1 log_event_handlers=1 log_initial_states=0 log_external_commands=1 log_passive_service_checks=1 inter_check_delay_method=s service_interleave_factor=s max_concurrent_checks=0 service_reaper_frequency=10 sleep_time=1 service_check_timeout=60 host_check_timeout=30 event_handler_timeout=30 notification_timeout=30 ocsp_timeout=5 perfdata_timeout=5 retain_state_information=1 state_retention_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/status.sav retention_update_interval=60 use_retained_program_state=0 interval_length=60 use_agressive_host_checking=0 execute_service_checks=1 accept_passive_service_checks=1 enable_notifications=1 enable_event_handlers=1 process_performance_data=0 obsess_over_services=0 check_for_orphaned_services=0 check_service_freshness=1 freshness_check_interval=60 aggregate_status_updates=1 status_update_interval=15 enable_flap_detection=0 low_service_flap_threshold=5.0 high_service_flap_threshold=20.0 low_host_flap_threshold=5.0 high_host_flap_threshold=20.0 date_format=euro illegal_object_name_chars=`~!$%^&*|'"<>?,()= illegal_macro_output_chars=`~$&|'"<> admin_email=nagios admin_pager=pagenagios -----Original Message----- From: Chris Fairbanks [<A HREF="mailto:ChrisF@winterlink.net">mailto:ChrisF@winterlink.net</A>] Sent: 06 December 2002 07:22 To: Chris Fairbanks; wrnash; Potter, G M (Greg); Nagios-users (E-mail) Cc: Robertson, Brown Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] RE: Permissions Error Another interesting tibit, I tired disabling use_authentication and setting up a default user, but I still get the same issues. Thanks Chris -----Original Message----- From: Chris Fairbanks Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 10:47 PM To: wrnash; Potter, G M (Greg); Nagios-users (E-mail) Cc: Robertson, Brown Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] RE: Permissions Error My httpasswd.users file and everything is setup totally correctly and use_authentication=1 is set. I have also tried setting all the authorized_for's = * but to no avail. From the sounds of it, it looks like this might be an issue with RH8.0 or Apache 2.0.40 that ships default with RH8.0. Is there anyone on this list that has Nagios working on RH8.0? Thanks, Chris <CODE> ********************************************************************** Important: This e-mail is intended for the above named person only and should be treated as confidential. 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