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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'>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></span></font></p>
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nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Hari Sekhon<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 01 August 2006 13:48<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Nagios-users] Externals
Commands</span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I am having real
difficulty getting external commands to work and don't full understand what's
going wrong, despite having RTFMing several times.<br>
<br>
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></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>"Sorry, but you are not authorized to commit the
specified command.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Read the section of the
documentation that deals with authentication and authorization in the CGIs for
more information.<br>
<br>
<a href="javascript:window.history.go(-2)">Return from whence you came"</a><br>
<br>
As far as I can tell, I have all the perms set right according to the docs:<br>
<br>
cgi.cfg<br>
<br>
use_authentication=1<br>
authorized_for_system_information=nagiosadmin<br>
authorized_for_configuration_information=nagiosadmin<br>
authorized_for_system_commands=nagiosadmin<br>
authorized_for_all_services=nagiosadmin<br>
authorized_for_all_hosts=nagiosadmin<br>
authorized_for_all_service_commands=nagiosadmin<br>
authorized_for_all_host_commands=nagiosadmin<br>
<br>
nagios.cfg<br>
<br>
command_file=/var/nagios/rw/nagios.cmd<br>
check_external_commands=1<br>
# NOTE: Setting this value to -1 causes Nagios to check the external<br>
# command file as often as possible.<br>
command_check_interval=-1<br>
<br>
ll /var/nagios/ | grep rw/<br>
drwxrws--- 2 nagios apache 4096 Aug 1 13:28 rw/<br>
<br>
ll /var/nagios/rw/nagios.cmd<br>
prw-rw---- 1 nagios apache 0 Aug 1 13:28 /var/nagios/rw/nagios.cmd|<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
This all looks as it should be according to the docs as far as I can see.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>What am I missing?<br>
<br>
<br>
Hari<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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