re Configuration Problem

[Greg King]

You will probably find the answer in the log files for Apache (/var/log/http/..). I suspect it is a permissions problem with Apache reading the .htpasswd files, but the logs should have some clue as to what is happening.

Good luck!

Regards,
Greg King


> From: arussos at comune.modena.it
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Configuration Problem
> 
> Hi,
> i'm new to this list as to Nagios and i'm in touble with (probably..)a
> beginner
> question.
> 
> I installed Nagios with RPMs ( i.e. nagios-1.2-0, nagios-devel-1.2-0 and
> nagios-
> plugins-1.3.1 ) on a server running RedHat 9. I followed the documentation
> and,
> after adding a new Virtual-Host to my web-server(i.e. Apache_1.3.27), i've
> created the .htaccess file in the cgi dir (i.e. /usr/lib/nagios/cgi );
> then i
> typed "htpasswd -c /etc/nagios/htpasswd.users nagiosadmin" followed by the
> passwd it requires. After setting up the web Interfaces and the
> Authorization
> for the cgis ( i also used the AuthConfig directive in the configuration
> of the
> Virtual-host ) i managed the example-config files in the main directory
> (i.e.
> (etc/nagios/) in order to monitor some switches on my network as a start
> point.
> Verifying the configuration gives me "everything OK!".
> Opened a browser and typed: http://my-server/nagios/ and everyhting's ok;
> the
> problem came out when i try the cgis (either typing http://my-
> server/nagios/cgi-
> bin/ or trying the links on the web pages);
> It brings me up a pop-up asking me User-name and Passwd: when i
> type "nagiosadmin" and the correct passwd ..... it shows me the pop-up
> again,
> and when i type "ESC" it tells me this:
> 
> "This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the
> document
> requested. Either you supplied the wrong credentials (e.g., bad password),
> or
> your browser doesn't understand how to supply the credentials required."
> 
> ...I don't understand where's the problem...
> Could anyone help me solving this problem ???
> 
> Thanks in advance to everyone will postme an answer,
> Andrea.




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