nagios usage/question...

[Jeff Rodriguez]

PHP can do this, the environment variable you want is REMOTE_USER. Just 
use that information to open the log, add that info in there, and close 
the log. Easy peasy, logs all in one place, and the illusion of being 
integrated with nagios which is all that really matters.

Jeff

Robert Nelson wrote:

>>>I think we're on the same page...the difference being that 
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>>yours would
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>>>link me to a CGI script or something that would run the 
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>>script; my idea
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>>>would run a script on the Nagios server, probably via the 
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>>cmd file. I
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>>>would prefer this method because it would stay within the 
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>>Nagios realm,
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>>>allowing Nagios to log who submitted the script as a 
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>>command, at what
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>>>time, what the response was, etc.
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>>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.
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>
>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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