web authentication

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Jeff Rutkowski
> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 2:49 PM
> To: Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] web authentication
> 
> Ok, continuing on from yesterday. To recap: SuSE 9.3, linux box Nagios
> 2.5, apache 2.2.3.
> 
> I am now able to start nagios, but when I try to access it via web
> browser, it prompts me for id  and password, then gives the error:
> 
> FORBIDDEN
> You don't have permission to access /nagios/ on this server.
> 
> I believe I have configured my httpd.conf file correctly, inserted the
> necessary lines from the install doc. I setup the nagiosadmin account
> along with a couple of other accounts per the install doc. But still
> getting the error. Could it be permissions on the htpasswd.users file?
It
> is currently at 644. Any ideas/suggestions would be greatly
appreciated.

Check your apache error log for the reject reason from apache. FORBIDDEN
implies a server config restriction or filesystem permissions don't
allow your apache user read access to the directory/files.

--
Marc
 

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