Mapping "Author" to auth name in CGI commands?

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Eli Stair
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 1:36 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Mapping "Author" to auth name in CGI commands?
> 
> 
> Is there any way to have the CGI change the default for "Author" from
> Admin to the username that was used to authenticate access?  This
works
> well in Zabbix, but maintaining accountability in Nagios relies on the
> user.
> 
> As is always the case, if it becomes too hard to do people get sloppy.
> Not saying that typing in your username is difficult, bit it gets
> not-done frequently :)  I can't find this in the FAQ or google, and
> seems as if it would be a common enough request... I've always wanted
a
> solution but never needed to ask until now.

It "just works" for me here with 1.x. Does the top left box show you
'Logged in as Admin' or the user? It sounds like your Authentication
configuration might not be working as you think it is.

--
Marc


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