<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1555" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>look at your /usr/local/nagios/sbin directory and check a) file permissions are correct and also whether your .htaccess authrization file is present. </DIV> <DIV>This error is generally caused by not correctly using .htaccess and also not configuring apache properly - check your httpd.conf is correctly configured</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left>-----Original Message----- From: Hari Sekhon [mailto:hpsekhon@googlemail.com] Sent: 01 August 2006 14:14 To: Martin J. Green Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Externals Commands </DIV>Martin J. Green wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid5F54491268C784439D51B163322EE58C2F7B6B@gorilla.hq.altien.com type="cite"> <META content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)" name=Generator> <STYLE>@font-face { font-family: Tahoma; } @page Section1 {size: 595.3pt 841.9pt; margin: 72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A:visited { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.EmailStyle17 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-type: personal-reply } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE>  <DIV class=Section1> I can't get external commands to work either (appears it can't write to the file for some reason), but its so low on my list of priorities I haven't gotten to it yet.<O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </DIV> From: <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net">nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net</A> [<A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net">mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net</A>] On Behalf Of Hari Sekhon Sent: 01 August 2006 13:48 To: <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</A> Subject: [Nagios-users] Externals Commands<O:P></O:P></DIV> <O:P></O:P> I am having real difficulty getting external commands to work and don't full understand what's going wrong, despite having RTFMing several times. As an example, I log in to the web interface as nagiosadmin via basic apache auth successfully as usual. I go to "comments" in the left hand pane and enter one for a host but when I click submit, I get the error:<O:P></O:P> <DIV> "Sorry, but you are not authorized to commit the specified command.<O:P></O:P></DIV> <DIV> Read the section of the documentation that deals with authentication and authorization in the CGIs for more information. <A>Return from whence you came"</A> As far as I can tell, I have all the perms set right according to the docs: cgi.cfg use_authentication=1 authorized_for_system_information=nagiosadmin authorized_for_configuration_information=nagiosadmin authorized_for_system_commands=nagiosadmin authorized_for_all_services=nagiosadmin authorized_for_all_hosts=nagiosadmin authorized_for_all_service_commands=nagiosadmin authorized_for_all_host_commands=nagiosadmin nagios.cfg command_file=/var/nagios/rw/nagios.cmd check_external_commands=1 # NOTE: Setting this value to -1 causes Nagios to check the external # command file as often as possible. command_check_interval=-1 ll /var/nagios/ | grep rw/ drwxrws--- 2 nagios apache 4096 Aug 1 13:28 rw/ ll /var/nagios/rw/nagios.cmd prw-rw---- 1 nagios apache 0 Aug 1 13:28 /var/nagios/rw/nagios.cmd| The apache process is run by the apache user, a member of the apache group, so has full perms to the directory and the pipe file nagios.cmd. Nagios is run by nagios who is also a member of the apache group. This all looks as it should be according to the docs as far as I can see.<O:P></O:P></DIV> What am I missing? Hari<O:P></O:P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> I think quite a lot of people have trouble with this but a lot give up or are satisfied that the main bit is working and don't bother with this... does anybody have this working and if so could you post your configs so I can see anything you have different to me? are external commands generally broken or is there something missing in the docs/our configs/our brains? I'm using Version 1.4.1 Hari </BLOCKQUOTE> ************************************************************************ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Any unauthorised distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. 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