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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks for the info. I have followed all
the instructions (AFAIK) and now I am getting the following error:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color=red face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Error: Could not read host and service
status information<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This happen when after I authenticate. The
nagios service is running.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Rajat<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Aditya Ivaturi<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:03
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Nagios-users] Newbie
question</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font><tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net
wrote on 06/14/2005 12:42:32 PM:</span></font></tt><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
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<tt><font face="Courier New">> Hi:</font></tt></span></font> <br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> I
installed Nagios using the Linux RPM for EL4. </span></font></tt><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
Followed all the instructions to setup apache and get basic auth </span></font></tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> configured. When I go to the web UI and
authenticate – I get an </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> internal server error. The apache log file
says the following:</font></tt></span></font> <br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> [Tue
Jun 14 10:21:16 2005] [error] [client 192.168.1.115] (13)</span></font></tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Permission denied: exec of
'/usr/lib/nagios/cgi/status.cgi' failed, referer: </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> http://192.168.1.107:8888/nagios/side.html</font></tt></span></font>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> [Tue
Jun 14 10:21:16 2005] [error] [client 192.168.1.115] Premature </span></font></tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> end of script headers: status.cgi, referer:
http://192.168.1.107:</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> 8888/nagios/side.html</font></tt></span></font>
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<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
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<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Just
wondering if I need to change the ownership of the cgi files in</span></font></tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> anyway. I have httpd running as root and the
cgi scripts are owned </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> by root and part of the root group.</font></tt></span></font>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
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<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.siliconvalleyccie.com/linux-hn/apachebasic.htm.
Read that.</span></font></tt> <br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>--Turi</span></font></tt>
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