SEND_NSCA mimic login method

[Demetri Mouratis]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Michal Polonski wrote:

>
> > How is that possible when I run send_nsca, I have to declare the
> > config file that contains a password..
> >
> > send_nsca.exe -H 0.0.0.0 -p 5667 -c config.txt
>
> >That is send_nsca authenticating against nsca, not Nagios.
>
> Okay then, how can I authenticate against nsca? I mean, what is the string
> that I send to nsca to authenticate in order to be able to send subsequent
> commands?

You hit on it already, you need to configure the password and
encryption/decryption method for both send_nsca.cfg and nsca.cfg.

One look at the config files would clear up your confusion.
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