Error 403 (access forbidden) accessing the cgi files

[jeff vier]

On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 11:14 -0300, Paulo Jardim wrote:
> I have installed Nagios 1.2 in my system. I have configured exactly as
> the documentation request.
> But, I still have problems to access the CGI files. When I select any
> option into the Web menu, I have the following error message :
>  
> Access forbidden!
>         You don't have permission to access the requested object. It
>         is either read-protected or not readable by the server. 
>         If you think this is a server error, please contact the
>         webmaster 
> Error 403
>  
> The files are in /usr/local/nagios/sbin. I have verified the right
> access for these files and they are correct.

Well, obviously it is *not* correct.

> When I select any option of web interface menu, the status bar of IE
> is calling for /nagios/cgi-bin/ instead of /nagios/sbin.

That is normal, as explained in the docs.

> Is it the problem ? When it is defined ? What is the correct
> configuration for the httpd.conf apache file ?

I thought you "configured exactly as the documentation request", so you
obviously read the docs/installweb.html file (also at
http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/installweb.html) which very
explicitly explains how to configure apache.



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