nagios usage/question...

[Robert Nelson]

> > I think we're on the same page...the difference being that 
> yours would
> > link me to a CGI script or something that would run the 
> script; my idea
> > would run a script on the Nagios server, probably via the 
> cmd file. I
> > would prefer this method because it would stay within the 
> Nagios realm,
> > allowing Nagios to log who submitted the script as a 
> command, at what
> > time, what the response was, etc.
> > 
> 
> Using the command-pipe is just plain dumb in this case, since 
> the Nagios 
> core logic doesn't need any knowledge what so ever of who did 
> what and 
> when, and adding logic for it in the core would mean more 
> complex code 
> and lead to more bugs. And besides, what's to say that the other page 
> can't keep logs of things? PHP has excellent database 
> support, as does 
> perl and python, and anyone with their wits about them should 
> be able to 
> handle any form of sql from a shell-script.

The reason I want Nagios to log it is the same reason I want Nagios to
log the notifications it sends, who acknowledges a problem, who adds a
comment, and all the other per-account information it logs. As for not
having another program do it, I like it all in one place. I have enough
places to look for logs already without adding another one.

Rob Nelson
Network Engineer
Windchannel Communications
919-538-6326 


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