[Nagiosplug-help] Enabling CGI aunthentication functionality

[Pascal Miquet]

You're right, but according to the message displayed into the browser,
it sounds like it's a CGI configuration of the NAGiOS server, not APACHE
accessing to the nagios CGIBin location.

Regards
Pascal Miquet

Le mar 03/12/2002 à 17:09, Mike Zazulak a écrit :
> http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/cgiauth.html
> 
> 
> Just to add to that. Here is the link on how to
> properly setup HTTP authentication in Nagios. it is
> done with the .htaccess file. 
> 
> Regards,
> Mike Zazulak
> 
> 
> --- Pascal Miquet <p.miquet at hafiba.fr> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > For the first problem, I suppose that this comes
> > when starting with the
> > /etc/init.d/nagios start (or restart) command.
> > This means that nagios expect a lock file, and this
> > file does not
> > exist.. so you may check how you start the nagios.
> > 
> > Concerning the CGI authentication, the user used to
> > access the HTTP
> > server is not allowed to view information.
> > So you MUST edit you cgi.cfg file and set the users
> > allowed to view
> > information. I suggest to checks all authorized_*
> > and set the right
> > users.
> > On my laptop, for tests purpose, I've setted all
> > authorized to '*' which
> > means that all connected user may see all
> > information. Note that users
> > are allowed using the APACHE user restriction.
> > 
> > HTH
> > Regards
> > Pascal Miquet
> > 
> > Le mar 03/12/2002 Ã  10:22, YEONG, Kin Meng [Gordon]
> > a écrit :
> > > hi,all,
> > > 
> > >    I need your help . I have setup NAGIOs 1.0.
> > > There are 2 problems :
> > > 
> > > 1. when I start NAGIOS, it complains that it
> > hasn't got a lock file
> > > (nagios.lock) in the /var directory.
> > >  I can't seem to fix this even after I changed all
> > the CGI scripts to modes
> > > of 777.
> > > 
> > > 2. after setting "use_authentication=1" in the CGI
> > configuration file
> > > (cgi.cfg) ,  I get this error message , 
> > > 
> > >       "It appears as though you do not have
> > permission to view information
> > > for any of the hosts 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."
> > > 
> > >      I am tryign to enable the CGI authentication
> > functionality so that my
> > > users
> > > can acknowledge calls . Please comment .
> > > 
> > > 	 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > >  Kin Meng.
> > >  (GORDON YEONG)
> > >  Systems Analyst,
> > >  Application Systems, IT Services Division
> > >  MEASAT Broadcast Networks Systems Sdn Bhd
> > >  Tel: (603) 9543-6688 (ext. 8106)
> > >  
> > >    Log on to www.astro.com.my
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >
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