Can't you just do this by playing with the apache and nagios configs? I've done this in the past and it was not really a catch the only thing is that you need 2 nagios configurations files: one serving the unauthenticated content with no exec permissions, one with the authenticated content with the exec permissions (this also means that you need two set of cgi scripts reading different nagios config files). Other options is to not use apache native authentication but to create your own apache auth module. This can be done in perl using mod-perl or mod-python. In this case you setup a proper authentication mechanism under apache with a default guest user account to fallback if no proper auth is provided. This is probably nicer and provides more flexibility but is probably more complicated. Some examples of apache authentication modules: perl: apache::authcookie (<a href="http://search.cpan.org/~mschout/Apache-AuthCookie-3.10/lib/Apache2/AuthCookie.pm">http://search.cpan.org/~mschout/Apache-AuthCookie-3.10/lib/Apache2/AuthCookie.pm </a>) python: <a href="http://www.modpython.org/live/current/doc-html/tut-more-complicated.html">http://www.modpython.org/live/current/doc-html/tut-more-complicated.html</a> I've done some code on this here: <a href="http://www.barbich.net/websvn/wsvn/nagios/nagios/doc/mod_apache_authentication/?rev=0&sc=0"> http://www.barbich.net/websvn/wsvn/nagios/nagios/doc/mod_apache_authentication/?rev=0&sc=0</a> <div>On 7/29/07, Paul Dugas <<a href="mailto:paul@dugas.cc"> paul@dugas.cc</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Been fiddling with this for a while now and am stumped. I figure I'm not the first to want this so before I get a brain cramp I'll ask. I run a couple Nagios server on internal networks and I want internal users to get read access without having to log in. I want a select number of users to be able to login and get higher level access. I've been trying to get the HTTP interface default to the guest account and the HTTPS interface to require a login. My admins and I would use the HTTPS interface while our customers would use the standard HTTP interface. Anybody got something like this going? Perhaps something else that would accomplish the same? Any info would be appreciated. pd -- Paul Dugas, Computer Engineer Dugas Enterprises, LLC <a href="mailto:paul@dugas.cc">paul@dugas.cc</a> phone: 404-932-1355 522 Black Canyon Park <a href="http://dugas.cc">http://dugas.cc </a> fax: 866-751-6494 Canton, GA 30114 USA -- This e-mail and any attachments are confidential. If you receive this message in error or are not the intended recipient, you should not retain, distribute, disclose or use any of this information and you should destroy the e-mail and any attachments or copies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> <a href="http://get.splunk.com/">http://get.splunk.com/</a> _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list <a href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> <a 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 </blockquote></div>