I tracked this down: <a href="http://www.cisl.ucar.edu/nets/tools/nagios/">http://www.cisl.ucar.edu/nets/tools/nagios/</a> Which showed 1 way to resolve the issue - but is not the 'best' way to do so. <div>On 4/26/07, Valdinger, Stephen (DOV, MSX) <<a href="mailto:stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com">stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div link="blue" vlink="blue" lang="EN-US"> <div> Well, then, I am all out of ideas! I'll cc the rest of the list on this one and hopefully someone can help us figure out this issue. <div> Stephen Valdinger MIS Helpdesk Coordinator Dover Chemical Corporation 3676 Davis Rd NW Dover, OH 44622 330-365-3622 <a href="mailto:stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com </a> <img src="cid:image001.jpg@01C78812.8BD59E10" height="102" width="137"> Your day probably won't get as bad as this guys…… </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </div> From: <a href="mailto:af.at.work@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">af.at.work@gmail.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:af.at.work@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> af.at.work@gmail.com</a>] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 2:52 PM To: Valdinger, Stephen (DOV, MSX) <div> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Installation help - CentOS 4.4 Server</div> </div><div> Yes, JUST grabbed whatever was up there today with the largest version number :) <div> On 4/26/07, Valdinger, Stephen (DOV, MSX) <<a href="mailto:stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com</a>> wrote: <div link="blue" vlink="blue"> <div> <div> Hmmm, that is a very interesting situation. Are you using the latest version of Apache? <pre>htpasswd -c /usr/local/nagios/etc/htpasswd.users nagiosadmin</pre> that is the documentation portion for setting up the login interface. It assumes you have the latest version of apache. Make sure you have the latest version. Stephen Valdinger MIS Helpdesk Coordinator Dover Chemical Corporation 3676 Davis Rd NW Dover, OH 44622 330-365-3622 <a href="mailto:stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com </a> <img src="cid:image001.jpg@01C78812.8BD59E10" border="0" height="102" width="137"> Your day probably won't get as bad as this guys…… </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </div> From: <a href="mailto:af.at.work@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> af.at.work@gmail.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:af.at.work@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> af.at.work@gmail.com</a>] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 2:39 PM <div> To: Valdinger, Stephen (DOV, MSX) Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Installation help - CentOS 4.4 Server </div> </div> <div> This is the user I created: <pre>/usr/sbin/useradd nagios </pre><pre>passwd nagios </pre><pre> </pre><pre>But am never prompted to use that account...</pre> <div> On 4/26/07, Valdinger, Stephen (DOV, MSX) <<a href="mailto:stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com</a>> wrote: <div link="blue" vlink="blue"> <div> Set up a user for nagios ( I suggest nagiosadmin or something similar) and add that usr to the nagcmd group. <div> Stephen Valdinger MIS Helpdesk Coordinator Dover Chemical Corporation 3676 Davis Rd NW Dover, OH 44622 <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="11" width="11"><img src="http://%20" title="" name="skype_tb_img_f0" border="0" height="32" width="32"> <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" title="" name="skype_tb_img_a0" border="0" height="32" width="32"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"> <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"> <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1">330-365-3622 <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="11" width="11"> </div></div></div></div> <a href="mailto:stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com </a> <img src="cid:image001.jpg@01C78812.8BD59E10" border="0" height="102" width="137"> Your day probably won't get as bad as this guys…… </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </div> From: <a href="mailto:af.at.work@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> af.at.work@gmail.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:af.at.work@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> af.at.work@gmail.com</a>] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 2:12 PM <div> To: Valdinger, Stephen (DOV, MSX) Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Installation help - CentOS 4.4 Server </div> </div> <div> I'm logged in as root - do not get prompted to log in to the Nagios app. <div> On 4/26/07, Valdinger, Stephen (DOV, MSX) <<a href="mailto:stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com</a>> wrote: <div link="blue" vlink="blue"> <div> Do you authenticate to the webserver when you log on to nagios? You may need to add that user to nagcmd as well using /usr/sbin/useradd –G nagcmd "yourusername" <div> <div> Stephen Valdinger MIS Helpdesk Coordinator Dover Chemical Corporation 3676 Davis Rd NW Dover, OH 44622 <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="11" width="11"><img src="http://%20" title="" name="skype_tb_img_f1" border="0" height="32" width="32"> <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" title="" name="skype_tb_img_a1" border="0" height="32" width="32"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"> <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"> <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1">330-365-3622 <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="11" width="11"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <a href="mailto:stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com </a> <img src="cid:image001.jpg@01C78812.8BD59E10" border="0" height="102" width="137"> Your day probably won't get as bad as this guys…… </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </div> From: <a href="mailto:af.at.work@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> af.at.work@gmail.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:af.at.work@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">af.at.work@gmail.com</a>] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 2:05 PM To: Valdinger, Stephen (DOV, MSX) Cc: <a href="mailto:nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Installation help - CentOS 4.4 Server </div> Restarted OK.. and "Things look okay - No serious problems were detected during the pre-flight check" As soon as I click one of the Service Detail link I get the permissions error... <div> On 4/26/07, Valdinger, Stephen (DOV, MSX) <<a href="mailto:stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com</a>> wrote: Oh, shit, haha, yes you will have to restart the apache server for the change to take effect Also make sure your changes to any config files don't produce and ERRORS, warnings are ok, but errors cause nagios not to function To restart server : service httpd restart check nagios config: /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg Stephen Valdinger MIS Helpdesk Coordinator Dover Chemical Corporation 3676 Davis Rd NW Dover, OH 44622 <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="11" width="11"><img src="http://%20" title="" name="skype_tb_img_f2" border="0" height="32" width="32"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"> <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" title="" name="skype_tb_img_a2" border="0" height="32" width="32"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"> <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"> <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1">330-365-3622 <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="11" width="11"> <a href="mailto:stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"></a><a href="mailto:stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com">stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com</a> Your day probably won't get as bad as this guys...... -----Original Message----- From: <a href="mailto:af.at.work@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">af.at.work@gmail.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:af.at.work@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> af.at.work@gmail.com</a>] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:58 PM To: Valdinger, Stephen (DOV, MSX) Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Installation help - CentOS 4.4 Server Sorry, that didn't do it... do I have to restart the server or anything like that? On 4/26/07, <a href="mailto:af.at.work@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">af.at.work@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:af.at.work@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> af.at.work@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Thanks. > > /usr/sbin/useradd -G nagcmd www-data > > > That did the trick... the install instructions used a different group name. > > > On 4/26/07, Valdinger, Stephen (DOV, MSX) <<a href="mailto:stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com</a>> > wrote: > > /usr/sbin/useradd -G nagioscmd www-data > > > > That should give the webserver access if you have not already done so > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Stephen Valdinger > > MIS Helpdesk Coordinator > > Dover Chemical Corporation > > 3676 Davis Rd NW > > Dover, OH 44622 > > <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="11" width="11"><img src="http://%20" title="" name="skype_tb_img_f3" border="0" height="32" width="32"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"> <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" title="" name="skype_tb_img_a3" border="0" height="32" width="32"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"> <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"> <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1">330-365-3622 <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="11" width="11"> > > <a href="mailto:stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com</a> > > > > > > > > Your day probably won't get as bad as this guys...... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: <a href="mailto:af.at.work@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">af.at.work@gmail.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:af.at.work@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">af.at.work@gmail.com</a>] > > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:52 PM > > To: Valdinger, Stephen (DOV, MSX) > > Cc: <a href="mailto:nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> > > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Installation help - CentOS 4.4 Server > > > > We're cooking now ... > > > > I can log in - but get a perms error / warning > > > > It appears as though you do not have permission to view information > > for any of the services you requested... > > > > If you believe this is an error, check the HTTP server authentication > > requirements for accessing this CGI > > and check the authorization options in your CGI configuration file. > > > > > > > > On 4/26/07, Valdinger, Stephen (DOV, MSX) > > <<a href="mailto:stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com</a>> wrote: > > > He should update to version 1.4.8 on the plugins for some of the stuff > > > to work in 3.0a2 > > > > > > wget > > > > > > <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=29880&use_mirror" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=29880&use_mirror </a> > > > =internap&filename=nagios-plugins-1.4.8.tar.gz&40722747 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Stephen Valdinger > > > MIS Helpdesk Coordinator > > > Dover Chemical Corporation > > > 3676 Davis Rd NW > > > Dover, OH 44622 > > > <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="11" width="11"><img src="http://%20" title="" name="skype_tb_img_f4" border="0" height="32" width="32"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"> <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" title="" name="skype_tb_img_a4" border="0" height="32" width="32"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"> <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"> <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://%20" border="0" height="1" width="1">330-365-3622 <img src="http://%20" border="0" height="11" width="11"> > > > <a href="mailto:stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com</a> > > > > > > > > > > > > Your day probably won't get as bad as this guys...... > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: <a href="mailto:af.at.work@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">af.at.work@gmail.com</a> [mailto: <a href="mailto:af.at.work@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">af.at.work@gmail.com</a>] > > > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:41 PM > > > To: Jason Salaz > > > Cc: <a href="mailto:nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> > > > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Installation help - CentOS 4.4 Server > > > > > > wget > > > > <a href="http://osdn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/nagios/nagios-3.0a2.tar.gz" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://osdn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/nagios/nagios-3.0a2.tar.gz </a> > > > wget > > > > > > <a href="http://osdn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/nagiosplug/nagios-plugins-1.4" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://osdn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/nagiosplug/nagios-plugins-1.4 </a> > > > .7.tar.gz > > > > > > On 4/26/07, Jason Salaz < <a href="mailto:jsalaz@meteostar.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">jsalaz@meteostar.com</a>> wrote: > > > > <a href="mailto:af.at.work@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">af.at.work@gmail.com</a> wrote: > > > > > I have followed the install guide > > > > > ( > <a href="http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/quickstart-fedora.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/quickstart-fedora.html </a>) > > down > > > > > to step #5 > > > > > > > > > > 5) Configure the Web Interface > > > > > > > > > > Install the Nagios web config file in the Apache conf.d directory. > > > > > > > > > > make install-webconf > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But, after running 'make install-webconf' I get: > > > > > make: *** No rule to make target `install-webconf'. Stop. > > > > > > > > > > Any help would be most appreciated. > > > > > > > > Which version of Nagios are you trying to install? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > - > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > > <a href="http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/</a> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Nagios-users mailing list > > > <a href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> > > > > <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">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 > > > > > > > > > > > > </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </blockquote></div>