You can always install to a different directory than the normal with --prefix=/dir/name/here/ that you DO have permission for. <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 2:31 AM, Marcus <<a href="mailto:adesperateuser@googlemail.com">adesperateuser@googlemail.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;"><a href="mailto:Pallav.S.Gupta@relianceada.com">Pallav.S.Gupta@relianceada.com</a> schrieb: <div class="Ih2E3d">> I get error messege : cannot create directory 'usr/local/nagios': > permission denied </div>Hi Pallav Because you are not root, thou may not create the directory. Try putting a "sudo" before make install, that should do the trick. This is the ubuntu-way to perform an action as root. (Maybe you shoulg read the fabulous manual on that part, because that issue will hit you more often ...) Greetz, Marcus ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. <a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace" target="_blank">http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace</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" target="_blank">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>