Error: Could not open CGI config file

[Andreas Ericsson]

Jared Logan wrote:
> Hi. I am new to Nagios. I read the guide before the install process.
> I have the web interface up and running and /usr/local/nagios seems
> to be just fine. I think I have done everything right but I am
> getting this error when I go to  http://127.0.0.1/nagios/
> 
> "Error: Could not open CGI config file
> '/usr/local/nagios/etc/cgi.cfg' for reading!" and I get this... 

This is a permission error. su - to the apache user and try to cat the 
cgi.cfg config file. When you can do that, you'll get past this 
particular obstacle.

#
> Make sure you've installed a CGI config file in its proper location.
> See the error message about for details on where the CGI is expecting
> to find the configuration file. A sample CGI configuration file
> (named cgi.cfg) can be found in the sample-config/ subdirectory of
> the Nagios source code distribution. # Make sure the user your web
> server is running as has permission to read the CGI config file.
> 
> My /usr/local/nagios/etc looks like this: bigger.cfg-sample
> htpasswd.users           nagios.cfg-sample    resource.cfg.in cgi.cfg
> minimal.cfg-sample       nagios.cfg.in        template-object 
> cgi.cfg-sample            misccommands.cfg-sample  resource.cfg 
> checkcommands.cfg-sample  nagios.cfg
> resource.cfg-sample
> 
> As for the user. I am using XAMPP which runs apache as "nobody". I am
> not sure what it runs as but I would assume as a regular user for the
> obvious reasons. I do not want it to run as anything esle for
> security reasons. I really have no idea what to do now. I may have
> missed something important along the way :S. I realize this is a bit
> unorganized but ANY suggestions you have are more than welcome.
> Please be detailed :)
> 

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Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson at op5.se
OP5 AB                             www.op5.se
Lead Developer


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