Schedule An Immediate Check - I have rtfm and stfw no help

[Carroll, Jim P [Contractor]]

http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/commandfile.html

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael W. Oliver [mailto:michael at gargantuan.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 11:43 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Schedule An Immediate Check - I have rtfm
> and stfw no help
> 
> 
> more information...
> 
> # ls /usr/local/nagios/var/rw
> total 2
> drwxrwS---  2 nagios  nagiocmd  512 Feb  5 15:11 ./
> drwxrwxr-x  4 nagios  nagios    512 Feb  7 12:41 ../
> prw-rw----  1 nagios  nagiocmd    0 Feb  5 15:11 nagios.cmd|
> 
> # grep nagiocmd /etc/group
> nagiocmd:*:55554:nagios,nobody
> 
> Now, I see in the 'SOLVED' reply that the 'nagios.cmd' file 
> was created by
> the Nagios process with nagios:nagios ownership, but mine 
> isn't created that
> way.  As you can see above, my nagios.cmd file is created with
> nagios:nagiocmd ownership.  You can also see that 'nobody' is 
> part of the
> 'nagiocmd' group, which _should_ give 'nobody' rw access to 
> the nagios.cmd
> file.  Even so, I still receive that error when trying to 
> execute a command
> from the browser.  BAH!
> 
> In addition, in the 'SOLVED' reply, it looks like the user 
> 'nobody' was
> added to the 'nagios' group, effectively eliminating the need for the
> 'nagiocmd' group.  Isn't this insecure, putting the 'nobody' 
> user in the
> 'nagios' group, effectively giving that user permission to 
> everything that
> Nagios has permission to?  I was under the impression that 
> the whole purpose
> of creating the new group was to limit the access of the 
> 'nobody' user.
> 
> What am I missing?  Thanks!
> 
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> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael W. Oliver" <michael at gargantuan.com>
> To: <nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 11:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Schedule An Immediate Check - I 
> have rtfm and
> stfw no help
> 
> 
> I am receiving the exact same error while trying this on my 
> FreeBSD server.
> I followed the FAQ instructions to the letter, and all 
> permissions are just
> as they should be, and 'nobody' is in the 'nagiocmd' group.
> 
> Still no joy...
> 
> --
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> ----------
>        Michael W. Oliver, CCNP |
>          IPv6 & FreeBSD mizark | "The tree of liberty must be 
> refreshed
>         michael at gargantuan.com |   from time to time with the blood of
> http://michael.gargantuan.com/ |   patriots and tyrants."
>            (via IPv4 and IPv6) |     - President Thomas Jefferson
> IPv6 ASPathTree, Looking Glass |
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Armin Irger" <irger at fh-rosenheim.de>
> To: <nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 10:04 AM
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Schedule An Immediate Check - I have 
> rtfm and stfw
> no help
> 
> 
> Hi,
> i using debian woody 3.0r1 and compiled nagios from the source. Nagios
> is "jailed" in /opt/nagios-1.0 and accessing over a link /opt/nagios.
> 
> nagios.cfg settings:
> 
>    check_external_commands=1
>    command_check_interval=-1
>    command_file=/opt/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd
> 
> I setup the nagios.cmd file how it be descripted in the 
> commandfile.html
> /usr/sbin/groupadd nagiocmd
> /usr/sbin/usermod -G nagiocmd nagios
> /usr/sbin/usermod -G nagiocmd nobody
> mkdir /opt/nagios/var/rw
> chown nagios.nagiocmd /opt/nagios/var/rw
> chmod u+rwx /opt/nagios/var/rw
> chmod g+rw /opt/nagios/var/rw
> chmod g+s /opt/nagios/var/rw
> 
> The ls -l /opt/nagioss/var/ looks like
> drwxrwSr--    2 nagios   nagiocmd     4096 Feb  7 15:10 rw
> 
> 
> cgi.cfg settings:
> authorized_for_system_information=nagiosadmin
> authorized_for_configuration_information=nagiosadmin
> authorized_for_system_commands=nagiosadmin
> authorized_for_all_hosts=nagiosadmin,guest
> authorized_for_all_service_commands=nagiosadmin
> authorized_for_all_host_commands=nagiosadmin
> 
> 
> I'am logged in as nagiosadmin and when i try to start a "Schedule an
> immediate check of all services on this host" from the Host 
> Command's i
> get this error back after i commit the command.
> 
> Error: Could not stat() command file '/opt/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd'!
> 
> The external command file may be missing, Nagios may not be running,
> and/or Nagios may not be checking external commands.
> 
> An error occurred while attempting to commit your command for
> processing.
> 
> 
> Greetings
> Armin
> 
> 
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