Running status.cgi from command line

[Andreas Ericsson]

Chuck Lidderdale wrote:
> I'm planning on running Nagios from a box that doesn't have
> a web server. (per-se)  I *can* open a port (12345) and put
> an entry in /etc/xinetd.d where it points to a script that
> will call ie: echo "hostgroup=all&style=summary" | status.cgi
> 
> All I get is:  I'm guessing you're trying to execute the CGI
> from a command line. In order to do that, you need to set the 
> REQUEST_METHOD environment variable to either "GET", "HEAD",
>  or "POST".  When using the ... yada yads ....
> 
> Ok ... export REQ...
> nope
> set it to HEAD
> nope

Read the entire message and act accordingly. The rest of the sentences 
aren't there just for fun, you know.

> Ok, then...
> nope
> $@$& !%#$ $!#!&
> Watch it!
> 
> 
> HELP!!!!
> 
> 
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Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson at op5.se
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