[Nagiosplug-help] HELP please! newbie to nagios

[Andreas Ericsson]

HP Geeza wrote:
> ok fair enuff i will....but at the moment i am really at a dead end.
> 
> After looking in the apache logs I see:
> (13)Permission denied: exec of '/usr/local/nagios/sbin/status.cgi' 
> failed, referer: http://<ip address>/nagios/side.html
> [Wed Apr 27 13:33:18 2005] [error] [client <ip address>] Premature end 
> of script headers: status.cgi, referer: http://<ip 
> address>/nagios/side.html
> 

su - <webuser>
/usr/local/nagios/sbin/status.cgi

when that fails, read the man-page for chmod, exit the sub-shell and, as 
root, fix permissions until you can run the command manually while 
acting as the user the webserver is running as.

> I appreciate your help! - yes i agree i would much rather someone help 
> me so that i can fix the problem my self.   At the moment becuase im a
> newbie im not to sure of whats going on.
> 

Which is why I'm pointing you to the next step of the problem solving 
process instead of just sending you a five-line script to do the work 
for you.

Metaphorically speaking, I'm teaching you how to use bow and arrow 
instead of cooking the deer for you.

>> From: Andreas Ericsson <ae at op5.se>
>> To: nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net
>> Subject: Re: [Nagiosplug-help] HELP please! newbie to nagios
>> Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 13:50:10 +0200
>>
>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>
>> You need to read the sections covering the subject line, proper forum 
>> and just about everything else. Twice, preferrably.
>>
>> More comments below.
>>
>> HP Geeza wrote:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> PLEASE can somebody help! - I have just installed nagios (in an 
>>> atempt to upgrade from netsaint..which at the moment we have 
>>> running).  However i am facing extreme confusion and difficulties!
>>>
>>> I think i have managed to install everything ok...i can get to the 
>>> web interface BUT i can't do anything from there because other then 
>>> the default (first page) when you log into the web interface i can't 
>>> see anything else.  For example i get the following error when i try 
>>> to go to one of the pages:
>>>
>>> Internal Server Error
>>> The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was 
>>> unable to complete your request.
>>> Please contact the server administrator, root at localhost and inform 
>>> them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done 
>>> that may have caused the error.
>>> More information about this error may be available in the server 
>>> error log.
>>>
>>> Obviously this is an internal error but i can't debug the problem! 
>>> And i am not sure where to begin.
>>>
>>
>> Did you READ the error log that it tells you to do?
>>
>>> ALSO i have my old netsaint config (.cfg) files which i would like to 
>>> import into nagios BUT again i am not to sure how to do this!!!! At 
>>> the moment i am trying to just use the default minimal.cfg and other 
>>> .cfg files which were created when i installed nagios BUT these dont 
>>> seem to be working either
>>>
>>> PLEASE help!
>>
>>
>> Nopes. I can possibly help you help yourself, but I won't fix your 
>> problems for you.
>>
>>> Sanj
>>>
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