Sorry Dave, I can't let you do that

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Michael T. Halligan
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 6:06 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Sorry Dave, I can't let you do that
> 
> I am trying to do cgi operations on a server without authentication
> (yes, on purpose, it is physically cross-connected to a front-end
server
> and accessed via proxypass, no security lectures please). in
nagios.cfg,
> I have set a default user, but I am still getting this error :
> 
> 
> And I am getting  this error :
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Sorry Dave, I can't let you do that...
> 
> It seems that you have chosen to not use the authentication
> functionality of the CGIs.
> 
> I don't want to be personally responsible for what may happen as a
> result of allowing unauthorized users to issue commands to Nagios,so
> you'll have to disable this safeguard if you are really stubborn and
> want to invite trouble.
> 
> *Read the section on CGI authentication in the HTML documentation to
> learn how you can enable authentication and why you should want to.


use_authentication=1 along with default_user_name=blah in cgi.cfg.

--
Marc


-------------------------------------------------------
SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide
Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users.
Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now.
http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click
_______________________________________________
Nagios-users mailing list
Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users
::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. 
::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null