<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Marc Powell wrote: <blockquote cite="midA7B0A9F02975A74A845FE85D0B95B8FA03928B0F@misex01.ena.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">-----Original Message----- 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">mailto:nagios-users</a>- <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bounces@lists.sourceforge.net">bounces@lists.sourceforge.net</a>] On Behalf Of Hari Sekhon Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 7:48 AM 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 I am having real difficulty getting external commands to work and </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">don't </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">full understand what's going wrong, despite having RTFMing several </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">times. </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">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 </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">error: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> "Sorry, but you are not authorized to commit the specified command. Read the section of the documentation that deals with authentication </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">and </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">authorization in the CGIs for more information. Return from whence you came" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="javascript:window.history.go(-2)"><javascript:window.history.go(-2)></a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">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 </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">nagios.cmd. </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">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 </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">see. </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> What am I missing? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Who does nagios see you logged in as? It will be displayed in the upper left of every page. If it's '?', verify your htaccess configuration for the nagios/sbin directory. -- marc ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV">http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV</a> _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</a> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null </pre> </blockquote> from the top of my logged in page: Logged in as nagiosadmin </body> </html>