Are you trying the same in explorer.If it is so have you configured authentication for cgi. If you ahve and after giving password u r getting this error then try disabling the authentication by removing the .htaccess from /usr/local/nagios/share and /usr/local/nagios/sbin . Thanks. Vivek On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 Gerard Marcel wrote : >Nagios is running under user nagios and group nagios. The >/usr/local/nagios is owned by nagios:nagios. > >Regards, > >GM > > >On 2 Mar 2005 20:44:46 -0000, vivek sharma sharma ><vivek_222@rediffmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > U can check on the permissions given to that directory and moreover > > have u made nagio user and group or not. > > It should be there.Check out. > > > > Thanks > > Vivek > > > > > > On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 Gerard Marcel wrote : > > > > >I am a newbie and I have been unable to shake the error below: > > > > > >Whoops! > > > > > >Error: Could not open CGI config file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/cgi.cfg' > > >for reading! > > > > > >Here are some things you should check in order to resolve this error: > > > > > > 1. Make sure you've installed a CGI config file in its proper > > >location. See the error message about for details on where the CGI is > > >expecting to find the configuration file. A sample CGI configuration > > >file (named cgi.cfg) can be found in the sample-config/ subdirectory > > >of the Nagios source code distribution. > > > 2. Make sure the user your web server is running as has permission > > >to read the CGI config file. > > > > > >Make sure you read the documentation on installing and configuring > > >Nagios thoroughly before continuing. If all else fails, try sending a > > >message to one of the mailing lists. More information can be found at > > >http://www.nagios.org. > > > > > >I have read the most of the documentation so far. this error occurs > > >when I try to run a script on web interface. All of the files are > > >in their correct/default location. > > > > > >The documentation says that I am supposed to get config files from the > > >plugins installed, but I can't find any so I am using the samples that > > >come with nagios. I have changed the samples to match my environment. > > > My apache is running as user apache and it is a member of the nagios > > >group. > > > > > >Nagios-2.0.b2 > > >pluggins 1.4 > > > > > >TIA, > > > > > >GM > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- > > >SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > > >Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > > >Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > > >http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Nagios-users mailing list > > >Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > > >::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when > > reporting any issue. > > >::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null > > > > > > > > > > <A target="_blank" HREF="http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp"><IMG SRC="http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbox.htm@Bottom" BORDER=0 VSPACE=0 HSPACE=0></a>