CGI permissions make me mad!

[jeff vier]

While not ideal, have you tried opening up permissions on things?

a `chmod -R 777 /path/to/cgis /path/to/nagios` isn't something you'd
want to leave live, but it'll at least "fix" the problem enough to let
you know if it's a file permissions problem

On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 11:51, Rick_Blair at fws.gov wrote:
> I really feel like I am spinning my wheels here.
> 
> I reinstalled the OS (redhat 7.3) on a test box twice and reinstalled
> nagios on that test box.
> 
> I have used config files (*.cfg) that I know have worked in the past
> because I had this thing running for 5 months without a problem.
> 
> During my reinstalls I have gone through the Nagios documentation step
> by step and everything I have seems fine.
> 
> I have seen different postings in different places on the web with the
> same problem and no one seems to have a fix for these people.  I have
> also been contacted by someone who had the same problem which was
> never fixed.
> 
> Is there any way to turn logging on for the cgi scripts?  I keep
> getting this "It appears as though you do not have permission to view
> information for any of the hosts you requested." but there is
> absolutely no logging available telling me why I get this error.
> 
> Rick Blair
> Network Engineer
> USFW
> 303.202.2687
> 
> 
> 
> Matt Pounsett
> <matt.pounsett at cira.ca>
> Sent by:
> nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
> 
> 09/15/2003 09:14 AM
>         
>         To:      
> Rick_Blair at fws.gov
>         cc:      
> nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>         Subject:      
> Re: [Nagios-users] CGI
> permissions make me mad
> also!  HELP!!!!
> 
> 
> On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 Rick_Blair at fws.gov wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Here's my cgi.cfg:
> > 
> >       use_authentication=1
> > 
> >       authorized_for_configuration_information=rblair,jfedewa,mjones
> >       authorized_for_system_commands=rblair,jfedewa
> >       authorized_for_all_services=rblair
> >       authorized_for_all_hosts=rblair
> >       authorized_for_all_service_commands=rblair,jfedewa,mjones
> >       authorized_for_all_host_commands=rblair,jfedewa,mjones
> > 
> > Here's the box in the upper left hand corner of my browser.
> >  Logged in as rblair                                                
> 
> That certainly looks like all the right stuff to me.  
> I'm a relatively new user to Nagios, so I don't know all the little
> pitfalls..
> If I think of anything else I'll let you know.
> 
> If you want to check permissions.. all my files are owned by
> nagios:daemon (I
> compiled nagios to use the daemon group instead of its own custom
> group).
> Config files and logs are mode 0644, directories and executables are
> 0755, and
> the nagios.cmd file is 2660.
> 
> 
> -- 
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> Authority
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